"None."
"Monsieur had no reason?"
"No."
"Well, then, I should much like to know why Monsieur did me the honour ...?"
"Why, I was passing by ... I saw the words over your lodge 'Speak to the porter,' so I spoke to you."
Romieu would enter a grocer's shop.
"Good-morning, monsieur."
"Monsieur, your very humble servant."
"Have you candles eight to the pound?"