"Oh!" said he, "I couldn't do much, you know, for I had only a stick; but of course we red scarfs will always stick to each other.

Denot, you know, never was a red scarf Well, thank heaven for that; but I tell you what, Father Jerome, that Santerre is not such a bad fellow; and so I shall tell Henri; he is not a bad fellow at all, and he scorns Denot as he deserves to be scorned.".