Dat is what we say on Jersey--when a man have some ver' great luck we say he stan' hin de door.

I t'ink it is from de Bible or from de helmanac--sacre moi, I not know....

If I talk too much you give me dat black-jack." They gave him the black-jack.

After he had drunk and wiped his mouth on his sleeve, he went on: "O my good-ma'm'selle, a leetle more to de wind.

Ah, dat is right--trejous!...