I looked at dese things und I was very
sick; but Bertran looked a little longer at what was upon the floor und der
walls, und der hole in der thatch. Den he pegan to laugh, soft and low, und I
know und thank God dot he was mad. He nefer cried, he nefer prayed. He stood
still in der doorway und laugh to himself. Den he said: 'She haf locked herself
in dis room, and he haf torn up der thatch. Fi donc. Dot is so. We will mend
der thatch und wait for Bimi. He will surely come.'
"I tell you we waited ten days in dot house, after der room was made into a
room again, and once or twice we saw Bimi comin' a liddle way from der woods.
He was afraid pecause he haf done wrong. Bertran called him when he was come to
look on the tenth day, und Bimi come skipping along der beach und making
noises, mit a long piece of Nack hair in his hands. Den Bertran laugh and say,
'Fi donc' shust as if it was a glass broken upon der table; und Bimi come
nearer, und Bertran was honey-sweet in his voice and laughed to himself. For
three days he made love to Bimi, pecause Bimi would not let himself be touched
Den Bimi come to dinner at der same table mit us, und der hair on his hands was
all black und thick mit--mit what had dried on his hands.
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