“Francìs” close enough, Chéri laughed a little. Chéri had heard their name and was pretty sure no words sounded like it in English, so they didn’t protest.
Had Chéri spoken English, they would have said that they were willing to pay back with work if they had felt generous or that the privilege of their presence was enough for a hundred night if they had felt vicious. Either way, they didn’t answer, just sipped some more milk and stopped dead midway when Father Richards jumped at Francis. Chéri couldn’t tell what had been said, but he could hear the venom. They bent their heads to the side and merely observed. My my, they had been in town for less than 24 hours and they were already seeing such scenes…
They could offer no contribution, but made no show of leaving: they were going to see the end of this before getting out of the presbytery.
Had Chéri spoken English, they would have said that they were willing to pay back with work if they had felt generous or that the privilege of their presence was enough for a hundred night if they had felt vicious. Either way, they didn’t answer, just sipped some more milk and stopped dead midway when Father Richards jumped at Francis. Chéri couldn’t tell what had been said, but he could hear the venom. They bent their heads to the side and merely observed. My my, they had been in town for less than 24 hours and they were already seeing such scenes…
They could offer no contribution, but made no show of leaving: they were going to see the end of this before getting out of the presbytery.
