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“Poor papa is deaded,” said Jack1 to Boo on his return to town; in the tenderness of his heart he was beginning to forget the dead man’s pinches and to pity his retirement2 from the world.
“I’m ’fraid he must be so dull in heaven,” said Jack seriously. “I don’t think they let them race, or bet, or do anything amusin’ there.”
He wasn’t sure, but he thought he had heard so.
“I ought to have gone down as well as you, instead of Gerry,” said Boo, who had been exceedingly aggrieved6 at being left in town like Baby.
“Oh, no,” said Jack with much dignity, “you’re not in the succession; you’re a female.”
“A female? Me? How dare you?” cried Boo in a red fury of wrath4, and gave him a resounding7 box on the ear. The head of her House perceived that he was not a hero to his relatives, and, ignorant of the French proverb, turned to the servants.
“I’m Duke, James,” he said to his friend the hall-boy.
“So I’ve heard, your Grace.”
“We’ll play marbles all day long, James.”
“All right, sir.”
“Why aren’t you a duke, James?”
The hall-boy grinned.
“M. le Duc ne doit pas causer avec les domestiques,” said the French governess, and took hold of him by his right ear and propelled him upstairs.
“Pourquoi nong pas?” asked Jack.
“Parcequ’ils sont vos inférieurs,” replied the French lady.
Jack did like the reply, it sounded harsh, he did not believe it was true; James beat him at marbles, and could[266] make popguns and cut out boats, and had talents and
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memorandum
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