They all know that nobody cares for them; that’s why they talk so loud. Mother has never talked at all – until to-day; yet Genoux comes in as though Mother were the only person in the room, in the house, fit to give an order. Genoux knows where respect is due. Genoux takes no account of insistent voices. ‘Miladi a sonné?’ ‘Genoux, vous avez les bijoux?’ ‘Mais bien sûr, miladi, que j’ai les bijoux. J’appelle ça le trésor. Miladi veut que j’aille chercher le trésor?’
