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HAD two trunks—two, you ninny! Two! Ou est l'autre?"

The grinning customs guard lifted his shoulders to his ears and spread out his palms. "Mais, mamselle"

"Don't you 'mais' me, sir! I had two trunks—deux troncs—when I got aboard that wabbly old boat at Dover this morning, and I'm not going to budge from this wharf until I find the other one. Where did you learn your French, anyway? Can't you understand when I speak your language?"

The girl plumped herself down on top of the unhasped trunk and folded her arms truculently. With a quizzical smile, the customs guard looked down into her brown eyes, 1