"Exactly so. Very well! he is that tall thin man, who is playing dominoes."
"Both players are of equal thinness."
"Ah! quite true!... He is the one whose face always plays and never wins." A way Rochefort had, gave rise to this joke on the part of his friend Lafarge. I say gave rise to, and not excused.
"And who is his partner?"
"That is Ferdinand Langlé."
"Ah! little Fleuriet's lover?"
"Little Fleuriet's lover!... Hang it, you talk like a Parisian.... Who has primed you so well?"
"Hang it all! Adolphe ... he does not appear to hurry himself."
"You are in a hurry, then?"
"Of course I am, and naturally enough: I have never seen Talma."