And they know a streak of the tar brush when they see it.

They took your measure when they came here last year, and sized you up fairly.

So had I, for the matter of that, when I FIRST saw you.
And we compared notes.

But the major is a square man, for all he is your husband, and we reckoned he had a big enough contract on his hands to take care of you and l'Hommadieu's half-breeds, and so"-- he tossed the reins contemptuously aside--"we kept this to ourselves." "And now you want--what--eh ?" "We want an end to this foolery," he broke out roughly, stepping back from the vehicle, and facing her suddenly, with his first angry gesture.
"We want an end to these airs and grimaces, and all this dandy nigger business; we want an end to this 'cake-walking' through the wheat, and flouting of the honest labor of your betters.

We want you and your 'de Fontanges' to climb down.