"And how are they clothed? Look for yourself."
Carrotel executed a pirouette in order to exhibit his resplendent costume from every point of view.
"Certainly there is nothing to be said in the matter of equipment," said the tradesman.
"So you will send me your two youths?"
"I am very anxious to do so. Do you make a long stay here?"
"No, we shall leave to-morrow morning; but we will go slowly so that they may overtake us. Give us the five hundred livres and the bargain's made."
"I have only two hundred and fifty."
"Give them the other two hundred and fifty; indeed that will furnish you with an excuse for sending them to me; if you had no pretext for sending them they might suspect something."
"But they may say that one of them alone can do the errand."