Madame Talma heard, and she came up to the bedside.
"What time is it?" Talma continued, not seeing her.
"Six o'clock, uncle."
"It is always six o'clock with you."
He tried to set going the repeater of his watch.
"I cannot any longer hear my watch," he said.
"Would you like a timepiece?"
"Yes; go and fetch me the one out of my bedroom."
His nephew went, and Madame Talma was exposed to view.