"By all means finish it, monsieur—I am in no hurry; I will take a walk on the boulevard."
I went outside the café to wait, and Porcher came out five minutes later.
"So you have had a play accepted at the Ambigu?" he began.
"Yes, and it has been put in rehearsal to-day."
"I know. And you want money advanced on your tickets?"
"Listen!" I said; "this is how I am placed." And I told him in a few words the whole story of my life.
"How much do you want on your tickets? You know they are only worth two francs per day?"
"Oh yes, I know that only too well!"
"I cannot therefore give you much."