"I thought your friend Hutin was well off."
"Ah! we are coming back to him?"
"Why not?"
"He is rich, since he is asking for a place as supernumerary."
"A runner after young ladies!"
"What the devil else should he run after? After boys?"
"A poacher!"
"I have heard you say a score of times that it was good poachers who made good keepers."
"We will see. Send him to me the first time he comes to Paris."
"I will bring him along myself."