"Yes."
"Drinks his brandy neat?"
"That is the man."
"Always ready with his cane if he is not attended to directly!"
"Ah, that is Captain la Jonquiere!"
"You know him, then?"
"Not in the least," said Dubois.
"True, for you must have met him at the door."
"Diable! Is he out?" said Dubois, with a start of ill-humor badly repressed. "Thank you," and he called up an amiable smile.
"He has not been gone five minutes."