"Faith, that I am, gentlemen; and now"—
"Well, and now"—
"Now I have vowed not to meddle with any other fire than that in my kitchen."
"Bravo!" cried Coconnas, "see how prudent he is! Now," added the Piedmontese, "we left in your stables two horses, and in your rooms two portmanteaus."
"Oh, the devil!" replied the landlord, scratching his ear.
"Well?"
"Two horses, you say?"
"Yes, in your stable."
"And two portmanteaus?"
"Yes, in the rooms we had."