There are many boys that would sit down and cry if they found themselves in such a scrape as you have got into." "Cry!" Ralph repeated indignantly.

"You don't suppose a boy of my age is going to cry like a girl! An English boy would be ashamed to cry, especially when Frenchmen were looking on." Jacques laughed good-temperedly.

"There would be nothing to be ashamed of.

We are not like you cold English! A Frenchman laughs and sings when he is pleased, and cries when he is sorry.

Why shouldn't he ?" "Oh, I can't tell you why," Ralph replied, "only we don't do it.