'Cray' ?" "No white," said Herr Favre, with a wave of his hand toward the long rows of houses on both sides of the street.

"No white lace window-curtains; all cray lace window-curtains." "Oh.

I see!" Sheridan laughed indulgently.

"You mean 'GRAY.' No, they ain't, they're white.

I never saw any gray ones." Herr Favre shook his head, much amused.