" Very well then, let it be as though we had not spoken of this.

What have you come for, Tanya?" she said in French to the little girl who had come in.

"Where's my spade, mamma?" "I speak French, and you must too.

" The little girl tried to say it in French, but could not remember the French for spade; the mother prompted her, and then told her in French where to look for the spade.