“That everything be arranged in its proper place by three o’clock.”
“But consider, madame, it is now ten.”
“Can you do it or not?”
“Where must they go to?”
“Rue St. Claude.”
“Close by?”
“Precisely.”
The upholsterer opened a door, and called, “Sylvain! Landry! Rémy!”
Three men answered to the call.
“The carts and the trucks instantly. Rémy, you shall take this yellow furniture; Sylvain, you take that for the dining-room; and you, Landry, that for the bedroom. Here is the bill, madame; shall I receipt it?”