'You reside here?'

'Of course; where else should I reside? Is it not a beautiful place?'
said the girl, looking around with a little air of pride.

'I could tell better if I was up there.'

'Come, then.'

'How?'

'Do you not see the ladder?'

'Ah, yes,--Jacob had a ladder, I remember; he comes up this way, I
suppose?'

'He does not; but I wish he would.'

'Undoubtedly. But you are not Leah all this time?'

'I am Silver, as I told you before; I know not--what you mean with
your Leah.'

'But, mademoiselle, your Bible--'

'What is Bible?'

'You have never read the Bible?'