"Hewentaway，aonishedsailorwatchedhimdisappear。Hereturomymothersoupsetthatshesaidtohim:
"‘Sitdowiethier。’
"Hesankdownonabendstammered:
"‘It'she!It'she!’
"Thenheasked:
"‘Whatarewegoingtodo?’
"Sheansweredquickly:‘Wemustgettheoutoftheway。SinceJosephkhing，hedgetthem。Wemusttakegoodcarethatourson-in-laos;tfindout。’
"Myfatherseemedabsolutelybewildered。Hemurmured:
"‘he!’
"Suddenlygrowingfurious，mymotherexclaimed:
"‘Ialwaysthoughtthatthatthiefneverwoulddoanything，andthathewoulddropdownonusagain!AsifoanythingfromaDavranche!’
"Myfatherpassedhishandoverhisforehead，ashealifereproachedhim。Sheadded:
"‘GiveJosephsomemohepayfortheoysters。Allthatitocaptheclimaxwouldbetbeggar。Thatwouldbeverypleasa'sgetdowhere，ahatthatmandoesn'tenearus!’
"Theygavemefivefrand>
"Astoerswereawaitiher。Isaidthatmammahadfeltasuddenattackofsea-sidIaskedtheshellopener:
"‘Howmuonsieur?’
"Ifeltlikelaughing:hewasmyunswered:‘Twofrancsfifty。’
"Iheldoutmyfivefraurhege。Ilookedathishand;itoor，wrinkled，sailor'shand，ahisfahappyoldface。Isaidtomyself:
"‘Thatismyuherofmyfather，myuncle!’
"Igavehimateip。Hethankedme:
"‘Godblessyou，myyoungsir!’
"Hespokelikeapalms。Ip;apos;thelpthinkihavebeggedoverthere!Mysisterslookedatme，surprisedatmygey。Whehetwofranyfather，mymotheraskedmeinsurprise:
"‘Wastherethreefrancs'ossible。’
"Iansweredinafirmvoice，
"‘Igavetesasatip。’
"Mymotherstarted，and，staringatme，sheexclaimed:
"‘Youmustbecrazy!Givetehatman，tothatvagabond-’
"Shestoppedatalookfrommyfather，ointingathisson-in-law。Theneverybodywassilent。
"Beforeus，ohorizon，apurpleshadowseemedtoriseoutofthesea。ItwasJersey。
"AsroachedthebreakwateraviolentdesireseizedmeooseemyUobeosaytohimsomethingethiasingaers，hehaddisappeared，havingprobablygohedirtyholdwhichwasthehomeofthepoorwretch。"