“Oh, you mean the cinematograph—the pictures of prize-fights and steamers. I’ve seen ’em up country.” “Biograph or cinematograph was what I was alludin’ to. London Bridge with the omnibuses—a troopship goin’ to the war—marines on parade at Portsmouth an’ the Plymouth Express arrivin’ at Paddin’ton.” “Seen ’em all. Seen ’em all,” said Hooper impatiently.

You're replacing a dead battery with another dead one! A fat lot of good that'll do you!

Le monke.

This linguistic fragment, rough as it may appear, is of the highest interest; for it is the first written monument of the French language, eleven hundred years old.