Summers, I work here for Monsieur Dunwodee.

Verr' reech man, Monsieur Dunwodee.

He say, 'Eleazar, you live here, all right.' When winter come I go back in the heel, trap ze fur-r, Madame, ze cat, ze h'ottaire, ze meenk, sometime ze coon, also ze skonk.

Pret' soon I'll go h'out for trap now, Mademoiselle." "How long have you been here, Eleazar ?" she asked.
"Many year, Mademoiselle.

In these co'ntree perhaps twent'-- thirt' year, I'll don' know." "Were you here when the lady lived here ?" she demanded of him directly.
He frowned at this suddenly.