"Did they really? When was it?"
"Why this very day, damn it! about two in the afternoon."
"How, in the devil's name, did you hear that, down in your pit, Maître Jacques?"
"Don't I hear everything that is of use to me?"
"Then I don't know that there's any use in my telling you what brings me here."
"Why not?"
"Because you probably know it."
"That may be."
"I should like to be sure whether you do or not."
"Pooh!"