"You do not look as if you have killed, Monsieur - though with a mouth like that, perhaps you are not so grand as you look. Perhaps you and I are one and the same after all?"
She watched him carefully, and once more laughed.
"Yes, you and I are of the same kin - or nearly, Sir, for if you were truly a villain, you would gladly let me starve whilst you ate the lot. That is how it is, no? The men must eat and the women starve until we are dead in the street? I want more than that. I have Madame Mona to feed and she eats a lot, Sir. More than me. She would kill me if I came back only with that. You would not let me die - you have said so. Give me more food and less drink, Sir, and I will leave you be."
I'm sorry; I was on holiday!
"You do not look as if you have killed, Monsieur - though with a mouth like that, perhaps you are not so grand as you look. Perhaps you and I are one and the same after all?"
She watched him carefully, and once more laughed.
"Yes, you and I are of the same kin - or nearly, Sir, for if you were truly a villain, you would gladly let me starve whilst you ate the lot. That is how it is, no? The men must eat and the women starve until we are dead in the street? I want more than that. I have Madame Mona to feed and she eats a lot, Sir. More than me. She would kill me if I came back only with that. You would not let me die - you have said so. Give me more food and less drink, Sir, and I will leave you be."