At this moment the manager came into the foyer.
"Oh, Monsieur Dumas," he said, "they are hunting for you everywhere.... And you here too, Charlet,... you must pay a fine, my friend!"
"A fine! And why?" said Charlet.
"Because they did the scene over again, and you were not there."
"A pretty mess I have got myself into!" said Charlet.
"Well! I am doing good business!"
"Don't be uneasy, I will settle it all with Jouslin de la Salle.... Have you seen Nodier again since?"
"Oh! not very likely, indeed! after having called him a spy! While I was still warm with excitement I could have managed to say something to him, but to present myself again to him in cold blood? Never!"
We returned to the theatre, and, as I had promised, I got him off the fine he had incurred through my fault.
He was the same Charlet that Arago had met on 29 July, at the Marché des Innocents, in command of General Dubourg's escort.