"Welcome to Algeria, where much remains to be done." "The Saint-Simonians' mission is clear:" "We want to protect the Arabs' language and religion." "I came to help the emir's family with French knowledge." "May Allah protect them." "I chose the honorable path: war." "I came to see for myself that you're hiding in brothels and have forgotten your mission." "I found a way to contact Adbelkader." "Violence is the only thing Arabs respect." "These savages must die!" "This is a genocide, not a war." "Some Parisian newspapers even wrote that we're the barbarians." "A toast to his lovely wife." "Our best wishes to the newlyweds." "You think a man can love several women simultaneously?" "There's always a favorite." "I never betrayed you." "No one must ever know, otherwise Hadj Hamou will kill my son and I." " He's your son?" " Ours." "You're the only person I can entrust with the weapons I used to fight you these last 15 years." "Algeria is and must remain a French province." "L'Algérie des chimères A DREAM OF ALGERIA 2." "DEATH'S FIANCÉE" "Mother..." "Jérémy?" "Émile and Jeanne must do the homework that I spent last night preparing." "Thank you." "Had we stayed in Oran, instead of moving to this godforsaken place, our children could go to school and get a normal education." "As soon as we have the money, we'll send them to the Algiers boarding school." "Did you know that the boy with typhoid died?" "I know." "I did all I could." "I hope they won't catch it." "They played with him." "Is there any milk, Djamila?" "Not that one." "I don't like goat milk." "It's sour." "That's all we have." "There aren't any cows here, sweetie." "We wouldn't be here if your father hadn't left the army." "Where is he going, Mother?" "I hadn't left the army, I had been kicked out for being republican and pro-Arab." "Nothing to be ashamed of." "I was a republican." "The '48 revolution hit Paris, then Oran." "I believed in the new republic." "And I still do." "And I'm most certainly pro-Arab." "The Europeans mixed up revolution and beatings." "I paid the price after Napoleon III's December '51 coup." "Don't stay there." "You have plenty of room." "Spread it out!" "Leila wanted us to leave for France." "But leaving Algeria was out of the question." "So I rented this farm from a settler from Ariège who became disheartened and left with a bad fever." ""These dates are excellent."" "Period." ""The umbrella is..." ""a nice shade" ""of red."" " What's wrong, Jeanne?" " My stomach hurts." "You don't have a fever." "Yaouled wrote "umprella."" " With a p!" " Stop teasing Yaouled." "I'd like to see you write Arabic!" "He can't write Arabic either!" "Don't listen to him." "You've made tremendous progress." " He made 15 mistakes yesterday." " You made 12!" "That's less." "Very good, Karim!" "Why isn't Ishem here?" "She's a girl." "Her father won't allow it." " Why not?" " She might get ideas." "Alright." "Let's continue." "The camel has big teeth." "Yaouled, make sure your sheep don't eat my wife's flowers." "Understood?" "Why are you calling me Yaouled?" "I'm Ahmed." "You're Oran's Yaouled to me." "Go get the others, Ahmed, I've got a surprise." "Faster, come on, faster!" "Look!" "I sold some sheep and bought these for you." "Try them on." "You'll be able to work faster." "They'll protect your feet." "Against thorns and rocks." "Oh, you have 2 right feet." "Your week's pay." "Saïd." "Kader." "Cherif." "A gift." "This is for you, Aïcha." "Clean the stables and the horses' bedding like I showed you." "Boss!" "Mr. Charmasson is coming." "The Delorme farm was attacked this morning." "You're a doc," " there might be some wounded." " Go get my kit." "Antoine?" "Marie?" "Savages!" "Madmen!" "Come." "There's nothing we can do here." "Go get help at the village." "We'll give them a nice burial." "Madmen!" "What's the army waiting for?" "You know they hate settlers." "They're savages!" "The only solution is to eradicate them, like the Americans did with the Indians." "This is their land." "They were wasting it." "Don't make excuses for them!" "I'm not!" "I'm only trying to understand." "There's nothing to understand, Hubert!" "Their own brothers..." "Why?" "Why!" ""Hadjouts" kill infidels and traitors" " so they can go to Heaven." " Bullshit!" "That's what the marabout said." "It's holy war, "jihad."" "The man who kills goes to Heaven." "Why are they wearing their shoes around their necks?" "Their feet hurt." "They prefer going barefoot." " But they cost me a fortune!" " Good." "They won't get used." "The workers want to invite you and your wife to thank you." " How's Mr. Émile?" " Good." "And Miss Jeanne?" "Fine, thank you." "Thank Allah." "Go on, eat." "There's way too much." "We can't eat all this." "It's tradition." "Politeness dictates you have to eat a lot." "Then you burp and say that you're full." "He'll be pleased." "This is stupid." "They probably spent all the money" " you gave them this morning." " They're generous and behaving like lords." "It's delicious." "Come here." "He has trachoma." "We have to do something." "He can come to the farm whenever he wants." "How many children do you have?" "Eight." "Ninth one's on the way." "Plus 3 that died." "And you?" "Eight." "It's because of Marie." " It's a race." " They should close the valve." "The valve is doing fine!" "Such is God's will." "That's right, blame Allah." " You're not married?" " I'm not rich enough." "Wash his eyes everyday or he'll become blind." "I know." "It's the flies." "Always wash children's hands and faces." " We don't have much water." " Come get some at the farm." "Thanks." "Not too tired?" "Are you due soon?" "Call me for the birth." "I can help." "Mother..." "Mother?" "Jeanne is crying." "What's wrong?" "What's going on?" "Typhoid fever!" "I knew it." "She'll die!" " Calm down." "We'll treat her." " Stop it!" "I'm a nurse!" "Everyone around is dying of cholera, typhoid and dysentery!" "You're exaggerating." "428 people died at the "funduq" last year." "And 94 in Boufarik." "The Mitidja is a rotten swamp!" "The Arabs were right calling it "death's fiancée."" "If the mosquitoes don't get us, Hadjouts will slit our throats" " and we'll all die!" " Enough!" "You're exhausted." "Go to bed." "I'll take care of Jeanne." "Yes, I'm exhausted." "I can't stand it." "I want to leave." "I'll leave with the kids if you want to stay." "How will you get by?" "We don't have any money." "I'll find work as a nurse or as a maid." "The children will go to school." "I want to leave." "Then leave!" "I can't stand your constant whining!" "Come with us." "I beg you!" "No." "I belong here." " Hurry, Mother!" " She's coming." "I'll go see the chief physician at the Mustafa Hospital." "He agreed to hire me." " He's a good man." " I hope you'll enjoy yourself." "Algiers is full of thieves and adventurers." "Will you come visit?" "I'll visit the children." "Time permitting." "Take them to Blida." "The army has set up convoys to Algiers." "Yes, sir." "Goodbye, sweetie." "Goodbye, Émile." " Bye, Djamila." " We never should have come here." "I know." "Take care of yourself." "Gee up!" "I've had enough of Paris." "It's so gray and expensive here." "I don't have any friends." "Why don't we go home to Algiers?" "I hear Leila and her children are there." " What about Odilon?" " He stayed on the farm." "I don't get him." "We always said:" "The land is for the Arabs, commerce, industry and mines for the French." "You're not listening to me." "I don't feel at home here." "The children are teased at school because they're Muslim and the salesgirls don't respect me." "I'm fighting for you, the children and the Algerians, so people will respect your religion, values and the color of your skin." "Algeria's fate is being decided here in Paris." "We've been here for years and no one listened to you." "The republic no longer exists." "The republic no longer exists." "This is an empire, but nothing has changed." "You're wrong." "Remember Fleury?" " The young lieutenant?" " He's a general now," "His Majesty's closest advisor." "I sent him my pamphlets and my book." "He loved them." "He read them to the emperor." "I hear he believes me." "It'll happen, you'll see." "Then we'll go home?" "I promise." "We'll go home to Algeria." "I love you, Bahia." "So it doesn't matter where we are." "You're right." "My dear Toussaint, we have good news for you." "They're about to start building the Algiers-Blida railroad." "Our friend Fournel is surveying Algeria's mineral resources." " He sent his report." " Quite promising." " We plan to invest." " Large sums." "Thank you, sirs." "With your help, Algeria will become" " a modern country." " Apologies for my tardiness." "We're making headway." "The emperor freed Adbelkader and authorized him to leave France for Turkey." "As the Duke of Aumale and General Lamoricière had promised him when he surrendered over 5 years ago." "Despite this promise, France kept him prisoner" " all these years." " I know, I know." "That was during King Louis-Philippe's reign." "The emperor made amends." "He brought Adbelkader to Longchamp races, the opera, awarded him the Legion of Honor." "We're now best friends." "Won't his liberation fuel Algeria's holy war?" "He promised never to take up arms against France." "The only way to ensure peace in Algeria is to make it an independent colony where all Algerians would be equal citizens." "The emperor is in favor of that." "He spent most of his exile in England and admires" " British institutions." " So what's he waiting for?" "It's time to give that territory its own statute." "He has other worries:" "Russia, Italy..." "Didn't we declare in 1839 and again in 1848 that Algeria was and would remain a French province?" "Isn't this matter already closed?" "I hope not." "Wanting Arabs to abide by French rules would be a mistake." "They have different customs and values and another religion." "Grab a plate." "Eat with me." "No, it's pork." " I can't eat it." " There must be some chicken too." "Thank you." "Straight!" "You want a straight line!" "Get out of here!" "I said leave!" "There you are." "Can you tell that idiot to leave my land?" "These darn nomads don't respect private property." "Of course." "They don't know what that is." "What he say?" "That it's communal land that belongs to everyone." "Are you kidding?" "He knows I bought it from the government." "Scram!" "Look at that strange set-up." "It's a great concept." "The camel is strong, but doesn't walk straight." "The donkey does." " It's quite ingenious." " I see you're still pro-Arab." "They're bad neighbors." "So you sent your wife and kids to Algiers?" " She wanted to leave." " Can't blame her." "This is a hard place for women and children." "Come see me tomorrow." "I'll be planting a liberty tree." "We can have a drink." "It'll take your mind off things." "Friends, this liberty tree is just like those we planted in France during the '48 revolution, a symbol of our faith in the republic." "Napoleon III desecrated the second republic and deported 12,000 of us to these wild African lands." "Why?" "Because Guérin stood on the highest barricade at the Faubourg Saint-Antoine." "Because Roucariès refused to use his journalistic talents to serve the usurper." "Bravo!" "And you, Ludovic, because the townspeople had elected you republican mayor!" "Bravo!" "They wanted to break us, but we and our Spanish friends will show them what 12,000 free men working on this Algerian land are capable of!" "Let's turn this rotten Mitidja into a garden that we can one day transform into a new republic." "I propose the creation of a settlers association and a newspaper, "The Settler's Voice,"" "that Roucariès will manage." "Long live the republic!" "Music!" "Don't forget republican principles mean liberty, equality and fraternity for everyone, including Arabs." "You must be kidding, Hubert." "These savages cut our compatriots' throats!" "You want to turn them into Frenchmen?" "You abolished slavery in '48." "Be coherent." "Arabs are men like you and I. We're all brothers." "What a sermon!" "Leave that to the Arab representatives." "Beni Sassen's kaid is throwing a party next week." "Captain Audran invited us." "Come with, you'll see." "You're going?" "It's Id al-Adha, an important Muslim holiday." "We sacrifice sheep to commemorate Abraham's sacrifice." "Wasn't Abraham Jewish?" "Judaism, Christianity and Islam are sister religions," "Abrahamic religions." "Muslims respect Jesus Christ." "And cherish the Virgin Mary." "Welcome, gentlemen." "Enjoy the feast!" "Welcome." "Talking about sheep..." "You know it's the nomads' main source of income." "They say they don't have enough grazing fields." "Audran, I see what you're getting at." "Their sheep grazing on our land is a real problem." "They trample our seedlings and eat our wheat." "One flock of sheep grazed on your land." "We paid the fine." "They're nomads." "They can go elsewhere." "Each tribe follows its own route." "Setting foot on another tribe's land could start a war." "That's their problem." "You can let your sheep graze on my land, but inform me, so I can let you know where and when." "If all settlers were like yourself, all would be well." "Very well." "Please." " Where are the horses from?" " Béni-Abbès." "Good." "Come!" "You're not making my job any easier." "We're trying to build trust with tribes loyal to our country but the encampment policy, which was adopted against the army's advice and gave you land that belonged to the Arabs, is turning the tribes against us and undermining our work." "What work?" "We're the workers here, not you or them." "You wouldn't be here without the army!" "That's an entrance!" "Yes, they know how to fight!" "You said it." "You don't want these horsemen to become our enemies again." "Don't worry, Captain." "We know how to defend ourselves." "Sure." "Like the Delormes family." "Listen!" "Listen and spread the word!" "Allah's will is about to be fulfilled." "The French will soon return home!" "Almighty Allah will send a new prophet who'll come down the mountain and throw the infidels and traitors into the sea!" "Such is Allah's will!" "Life will go back to how it was!" "Our combatants will reclaim the land the French stole from us!" "Almighty Allah, may their children rot in their mothers' bellies, may our soldiers take their wealth and women." "Almighty Allah told me:" ""It's time for 'jihad!" "'"" "If I'm lying, may my guts rot and may I burn in Hell." "Listen and spread the word!" "Allah's will shall soon be fulfilled." "Hurry up, we'll be late." "You sound like the Frenchman." "He's a good man." "He likes Arabs." "He stole your mind and now you sound like him!" "You know who he worships?" "The Devil!" "While us Muslims worship Allah." "The boss isn't a loafer like you!" "He plows and sows." "He works!" "He works for himself, not you!" "He's a heathen!" "And he eats pork." " Stop saying that." " Come on!" " Go on." " Don't mind him, he's crazy!" " You're the crazy ones!" " Sorcerer!" "Be careful, boss." "Why?" "The marabout said, "The time has come." ""Take the Frenchman's land, sheep and wife." "Everything!"" "Then everyone chanted, "God is great."" "They've been saying this for 20 years, but we're still here." "Boss!" "The workers!" " What about them?" " They left." " What do you mean?" " The workers, sheep," " horses and mules, all gone!" " Do you know where they went?" "No." " They're all gone?" " Yes." "Damn it!" "They even took their shoes!" "I thought they hurt their feet!" " They can sell them at the souk." " And the cattle?" " All gone." " What?" " You think they stole all this?" " No." "The Hadjout." "Mr. Saïd listened and cheered on the marabout." " Take this and guard the farm." " Where are you going, boss?" "To get a horse" " and find them." " Be careful, boss." "Hadjouts are very mean." " Let me call the army." " Certainly not!" " There'd be a massacre." " Hadjouts will butcher you." "They know who I am." "Thanks for the horse!" "Have you seen Hadjouts with horses?" "Didn't see or hear anything." "Thanks." "Why did you lie to him?" "The prophet said that in order to live a peaceful live, we have to mind our own business." "He didn't!" "What if Leila was right?" "I'm a doctor, not a farmer." "Maybe I should give up and leave." "Then I realized it's too late." "We have to stay, change these people, give them laws, civilize them." "I was crazy about Algeria." "It's such a beautiful country." "I come as a friend." " I'm not armed!" " Shut up!" " Where are my workers?" " They work for us now." "You work your own brothers like slaves?" "Punishment for their betrayal." "The Hadjouts I met were Abdelkader's best warriors." "Now they're just cutthroat murderous cowards!" "Lies!" "They violated a saint's grave!" "That's sacrilege!" "They were punished." "It's God's law." " He set foot on our land." " Pay!" " I have no money." " Liar!" "We can have his wife." "Heard that?" "They want your wife." "Son of a bitch!" "Don't kill him!" "We'll visit your wife." "She'll pay for you." "Kill me now." "We'll show her this and she'll come get you." "She'll bring the army." "You'll all be shot!" "Take him away!" "Swine!" "Aïcha..." "I'm thirsty." "Please bring me water." "Aïcha..." "Get out of here, brat!" "I'm not done with you." "But you, swine," "I'll kill you tonight." "I read your articles and pamphlet on Algeria." "Let me say that I completely disagree with your arabophile views." "You're entitled to your opinion." "I suppose you're an arabophobe?" "Call it what you will." "As departmental head of the Algerian government my views are not theoretical, but based on real things." "Things?" "I thought we were discussing people" " and not things." " What are your views?" "The cross and the crescent are irreconcilable." "Christians and Muslims cannot live together unless one dominates the other." " Why should Christians dominate?" " It's the law of the jungle." "You're shocked?" "This is how it's been throughout history." "We're the masters of Algeria." "Why can't the cross and the crescent get along?" "The Arabs have refused to cooperate these last 20 years." "They wage wars on us, cut our settlers' throats, burn our farms, dream of throwing us in the sea." "It's because we see them as the defeated and not as partners." "What if Cossacks or Prussians still occupied Paris?" "If they had burned your family home in Normandy, seized your land and destroyed your churches?" "Forgive me, General, but I refuse to continue to debate with someone who compares our troops to Cossacks!" "This is insufferable!" "Come, darling." "Can you believe that fool?" "To think they're considering him for the secretary general position in Algiers." "He treated me like a "moukère." I put him in his place." "You should have seen the look on his face!" "You did well, Bahia." "General Fleury offered me an assignment in Algiers." "My articles and my book are quite popular over there." " Say you'll take me with you." " Of course I will." "And we'll visit Odilon." "I haven't heard from him in over a year." "Leila wrote me that she's worried about him." "You smell nice." "Do as I say." " You were with those thieves?" " When Abdelkader surrendered," "I took my wife and son and went home with a broken heart." "How is your son?" " I'm trying to make him a man." " May Allah watch over him." "Abdelkader and I only wished to go to the Mecca, but the French didn't keep their word and kept him prisoner." "So I joined the Hadjout." "You saw it:" "Lions became vultures." " Murderers." " It's not their fault." "The French are stronger." "So it was written." "You fought valiantly." "The time for peace has come." "I'll speak to Governor Randon on your behalf." "God willing." "He's the only one I trust." "It's up to him." "Enough about God!" "He helps those who help themselves!" "My mind's made up." "I'm going to Algiers." "You're deserting, Hubert." "Farming is hard work," " but we can't give up." " My wife was right." "We're not made to live this way." "You'll find someone else to lease the farm." "That's not the problem." "Spaniards can work it." "Think it over." "Need some help?" "Boss, I want to go to Algiers with you." "I can guard your house, take the children to school," " anything!" " Of course." " Your wife will be thrilled." " You think so?" "She cried a lot when I took her to Blida." "You're part of the family." "You're like a mother and father to me." "I fell in love with the white city of Algiers that embraces the Mediterranean shore." "Leila had waited for me and forgiven me." "She worked as a nurse, was radiantly happy, had found her place in society." "I finally set up my own practice." "Algiers's European community was expanding by the day." "I had become convinced the only way to save this country was to make it a French province." "Not for military men, but for settlers turning this place into a new country." "THE SETTLER'S VOICE" "Odilon!" "How are you?" "Let me introduce our copy editor, Benjamin Bensoussan, and Jeanne, the "Illustration" correspondent." "Hello." "Excuse me." "What do you think of this?" "I went all out." "It's 4 pages long." "There's your biography, what happened to you, everything!" "You'll become a hero to the colony!" "Here's your tale." "You're very talented!" "I said that before, haven't I?" "We should team up." "I could sell you half my shares." " I don't have any money." " Same here!" "Buy them on credit." " Let's shake on it." " Sold." "I'm for the settlers, now I know how they operate." "You finally got it." "It's all here in my editorial." ""Paris's indifference." ""The army's incompetence and arrogance." ""Native laziness."" "Read the conclusion!" "I showed Randon what's what!" ""Down with the sword." "It's time for civil power." ""Algeria is French!"" " Want to show me around?" " With pleasure." "Follow me." "Children, did you know your father is a hero?" "It's in all the newspapers." " Don't exaggerate." " I heard about it in school." "Why are you a hero, Father?" "Did you kill a lot of Arabs?" " No." "Why would you think that?" " When we play cops and robbers, the robbers are always Arabs." "Ridiculous!" "I'll have a word with your teacher!" "They won't let me be a cop." " Why not?" " They say I'm mixed." "What's that?" "Someone who's half-half." "Half French and half Arab." " Am I half Arab?" " I don't wanna be!" "You're not." "You're a quarter Kabyle." " Pass me the jam." " Isn't that the same?" "Not at all!" "Kabyles are not Arabs." "So I can be a cop." "Yes." "Of course you can play cop, but you can't kill anyone." " Got it?" " Hurry up, you'll be late." " Bye." " Have a nice day." "Make sure you pay attention." " Bye, sweetie." " Do we understand each other?" " Yes." " Have a nice day." "Everyone is talking about you." "I like it here." "I feel like I'm in France." " But with Arabs." " We live separately here." "I have to go." "General Randon asked me to come see him." "See you tonight." "So, Hubert, you want to bite the hand that fed you?" "You're a retired officer, aren't you?" " I am, General." " And you write for this rag, run by Roucariès." "A Commie!" "We should have sent him to New Caledonia." " He's a Republican, General." " A Commie!" "An anarchist!" "He defends mercenaries, adventurers and deportees who come to Algeria to exploit native labor!" "Let me remind you, General, that the settlers are colonizing and farming this land" " on behalf of France." " Land that the army conquered!" "We'll discuss this some other time." "I asked you here because you're familiar with the Mitidja." "I'm worried." "New incidents have been reported." "Marabout Sidi Yacoub travels the area and gets them all worked up." "It's an epidemic!" "Reports of so-called marabouts all over the country, calling for "jihad."" " They have monkeys and goats." " It's an old tradition." "They capture the imagination of the naïve and ignorant who fall for their cheap tricks." " They're illusionists." " Exactly." " Ever heard of Robert Houdin?" " No." "A prodigy." "Your marabouts couldn't hold a candle to him." " I asked Paris to send him here." " I fail to see the connection." "Arabs are a superstitious people." "They're amazed by sleight of hand." "I'll show them a better magician than all their marabouts." "Robert Houdin!" "General Bugeaud once tried to send them false prophets." "They were all murdered." "This is different!" "This one's French!" "I'd bet you anything that he'll amaze them!" "He amazed me, so..." "The Arabs want to see wonders, so I'll show them wonders!" "One last thing, I'm told you're friends with an author called Toussaint, a man turning Paris upside down, demanding that Arabs" " be considered our equals?" " I am." "He's here, on a mission for General Fleury." "I had to give him an office." "I'm not sure what he's up to, but I don't like it, so I'm having him followed." "Try to get some information out of him and keep me apprized." "Want some wine, boss?" "Ahmed, I told you to call him "sir."" "Sorry." "Want some wine, sire?" " Sir." " No, I'm fine, Yaouled." "And stop calling him Yaouled." "His name's Ahmed." "Didn't I tell you?" "I decided we should Frenchify our lifestyle." "I ordered Restoration armchairs." "Why?" "I like the sitting room the way it is." "That stuck-up woman at the General's asked if I was a Moor!" "That's why." "That's not an insult." "You're half Spanish, a quarter Kabyle and a quarter French." "And the end result is not bad at all." "I'm French!" "I don't want people thinking I'm a "moukère!"" "Did you know the Toussaints were here?" "The moved into one of the best palaces in Algiers." "I know." "He's important now." "He's General Fleury's agent and speaks for Parisian arabophiles." "I saw Bahia this afternoon." "She's putting on airs now that she's lived in Paris." " Sauce?" " Please." "She invited us to dinner tomorrow night." "I'm looking forward to seeing Hélie." " Isn't this a bit cold?" " No." "Sorry, but it is." "Yaouled?" "Ahmed." "Ahmed!" "Could we have forks?" "I don't eat with my hands anymore." "So?" "I don't understand why you stopped writing me." "You let me down." "You'd promised to ask your friends to help me." " I'm still waiting." " Sorry, it wasn't easy with all these changes of regime: first a kingdom, then a republic, and now an empire." " You don't know how it is." " I do." "Judging by your stripes, you didn't do too badly during these hard times..." "What happened to you?" "You've changed." "While you were having fun in Paris," " I went through hell here!" " Why did you become a settler?" "That's enough." "I've heard enough." "Go see how they live on the Mitidja!" "I now understand what "bad settlers" are." "Excuse me." " How are your children?" " Well." "And yours?" "Well." "I'd like them to live here." "Why?" "They're lucky enough to study in France." "Excuse me." "I'd like them to know their homeland and to speak Arabic." "What for?" "What's important is that they speak French." "It's their culture, their roots." "I don't want them to deny their origins, like others do." "Is this why you still wear a "jellaba"?" "I'm proud to wear it." "And it will never go out of style." "It's their damn religion that puts them to sleep." "Medieval fatalism." "What are you doing to help them?" "Touring Robert Houdin disguised as a marabout?" "You want them to stay ignorant so you can dominate them." "We have to defend ourselves." "Your desertion policy would have us all leave within 5 years." "Did you forget our dream of uniting the East and the West?" "Only equality and progress can give Arabs their dignity back." "They don't want your progress." "Ask our Saint-Simonian brothers." "Ask Talabot." "They're sabotaging his railroad." "To modernize the country, we need to impose our laws and our better institutions." "It's not only in our interest," " but in theirs." " Am I really hearing this?" "You sound like those colonialists" "I keep meeting here in Algiers!" "I found more support for Algerians in Paris!" "It's easy to be pro-Arab when you live in Paris." "No one is on your side here, not governor, army or settlers." "You've already lost the battle." "I'll be frank." "Your newspaper is jeopardizing our collaboration with Arabs." "This might result in a war." "There's nothing left to be said." "Let's go." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "How sad." "They're hopeless." "Misfortune has made them bitter." "I, Hadj Hamou, give you my horse as well as this sword with which I've always fought fairly." "My life is in your hands." "You can have my son as a symbol of my sincerity." "May God help you decide our fate." "As a show of faith, I'll let you keep your sword and horse, but I'll take care of your son." "He can serve France when he's older." "Go back to your people and live peacefully." "Drum roll!" "I'll only use it to defend my new friends if they're attacked." "I'll see to it that he goes to a good school, so he can follow in his father's footsteps." "France's flag is wide and can shelter all those who seek refuge and protection." "May Allah bless you." "I spent 20 years of my life fighting, killing and destroying." "I will now devote myself to peace and rebuilding." "I could take care of him and his studies." "Under one condition." "Which is?" "That you let him be Muslim." "I swear to your God and mine to do so." "I'll care for him as if he were my own." "Go with my brother Odilon and obey him." "Listen to him, as if he were me." "May Allah protect you." "May you lead a happy life." "How long will that boy stay in our home?" "I don't know." "It'll depend on his studies." "He eats with his hands." "He doesn't know how to use a fork." "He'll learn." "This is what we're here for." "You treat that child better than your own." " Good night, Father." " Good night." "Good night, Mother." " Good night, Mother." " I'm not your mother." " Good night, Sidi Baba." " Good night." "You're not his father." "He's only repeating what he's heard." "You've got a new nightgown." "Where did you get it?" "I got some proper clothes." "Why do you always hide that you're kind-hearted?" " I want to see Father." " Go on." " Stop touching my things!" " Sorry." "Don't mind him." "He's just mean." "You can play with me." "You're nice." "A pearl." ""A pearl."" " A chair." " "A chair."" " A table." " "A table."" " A girl." " A pearl." "No." "Not a pearl." "A girl." ""A girl."" "A boy." ""A boy." A girl." "A boy." "A girl." "A boy..." "Go to bed." "But say your prayers first." "You too." "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women..." " What's he doing?" " I don't know." "Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus..." "Translation:" "Magenta Baribeau Épilogue"