"I am waiting. But in pity's name make haste, dear friend, if you don't wish to find me frozen stiff."
"Forgive me; but I was asleep, you see—"
"What! I thought I saw a light."
"No, you were mistaken."
And the light was at once extinguished. Canolles made no complaint.
"I am here—I can't find the door," the viscount continued.
"I should think not," said Canolles. "I hear your voice at the other end of the room. This way, this way—"
"Oh! I am looking for the bell to call Pompée."
"Pompée is at the other end of the corridor, and will not hear you. I tried to wake him to find out something, but 't was impossible. He is sleeping like the deaf idiot he is."