"Oui," Gambit replied. His smiled disappeared momentarily. This one was hard to crack. Getting her to smile was harder than gator wrestling drunk. Well, if subtle charm wasn't going to work, maybe a little bolder action would.

"So what is dat anyway?" Gambit asked, nodding at the book. But before she could answer, Gambit snatched the book out of her hand and walked several paces away, flipping through the pages. "Mon Dieu! Dis a Bible?"