He must be from Normandy, with his fair complexion and light eyes.

There are not many of the true faith in the north." They were met by the merchant at the door of his house.
"I am glad indeed to see you again, Madame Vaillant," he said.

"It is some twenty years, now, since you and your good husband and your sister hid here, for three days, before we could smuggle you on board a ship.
Ah! Those were bad times; though there have been worse since.

But since our people showed that they did not intend, any longer, to be slaughtered unresistingly, things have gone better here, at least; and for the last four years the slaughterings and murders have ceased.
"You are but little changed, madame, since I saw you last." "I have lived a quiet and happy life, my good Monsieur Bertram; free from all strife and care, save for anxiety about our people here.

Why cannot Catholics and Protestants live quietly side by side here, as they do in England ?" "We should ask nothing better, madame." At this moment, a girl came hurrying down the stairs.
"This is my daughter Jean, madame.
"Why were you not down before, Jean ?" he asked sharply.