"Why not?"
"Why, because it is too early."
"Oh! that doesn't matter."
"But he will be in bed."
"Quite likely."
"And in bed with his wife; he loves her as shopkeepers love their wives."
"So much the better! I shall be charmed to see good Joséphine once more."
And my father dragged Dermoncourt after him, half willing, half afraid to see what would happen.
Finally, he came to the conclusion my father had a special audience, and followed him.