"One of his friends?"
"Yes."
"A gentleman?"
"Probably."
"A baron?"
"Perhaps."
"And his name is—"
Cauvignac's brow contracted beneath a weighty thought which then first presented itself to his mind, and caused a perceptible commotion in his brain.
"Oho!" he muttered, "that would be a pretty kettle offish."
"And his name?" the traveller repeated.