“To-morrow is the first of June.”
“Well?”
“One of our bonds becomes due.”
“I did not know we had any bond.”
“Certainly, to-morrow we pay our last third instalment.”
“What third?”
“Of the one hundred and fifty thousand francs to Baisemeaux.”
“Baisemeaux? Who is he?”
“The governor of the Bastile.”
“Yes, I remember. On what grounds am I to pay one hundred and fifty thousand francs for that man?”