8/24 "We are indebted to the French for the word canaille, which applies to all Americans and Englishmen." "Now," said I, climbing off the pallet, "I shall certainly do it." "I warn you not to approach me," he cried, his fingers closing over the pistol. I found some satisfaction in his nervousness; it told me that he feared me. "What place is this; a palace ?" "Answer this question, sir: Why did you cross the frontier when you were expressly forbidden to do so ?" "I forbidden to cross the frontier ?" My astonishment was indescribable. "Young man, you have made a blunder of some sort. I am not a Socialist or an Anarchist. |