Wandering around outside one day, Ned notices someone working in what might once have been a garden--and might someday be such again.
Walking closer, he can hear the man singing a little song with French words, the tune of which Ned dimly recognizes as "Sur le pont d'Avignon."
Glancing up toward Ned, the gardener sings the verse again, this time louder and very slowly, as if the words are important.
"Depechez-vous! Depechez-vous!
Sauvegardez! Sauvegardez!
Depechez-vous! Depechez-vous!
Sauvegardez Saint-Pierre!"
Amused, Ned calls back, "Save him yourself!"
Walking on, he wonders where Brother Alexis found these apparently French servants. Maybe they are some Granny Gray holdovers, and considering Alexis' usually strapped financial condition, maybe they really ought not to be here. He decides that, first chance he gets, he'll discuss the matter with Billy Bones.
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