And Cauvignac passed the piece of stamped paper to the tradesman.
"Precisely."
"Is the receipt in proper form?"
"It is."
"Then you have no objection to giving me your money in exchange for it?"
"None at all."
"Give it me, then."
The tradesman counted out the four thousand livres. Cauvignac placed them in his bag, where they replaced the four thousand recently taken therefrom.
"And now my release is paid for, is it?"
"Mon Dieu, yes, unless you absolutely insist upon serving."