VAGUEMESTRE. Private Castagnol, you have received fifty francs.
PRIVATE CASTAGNOL. Yes, lieutenant Vaguemestre. Your parents seem to have more money than they know what to do with.
PRIVATE CASTAGNOL. Lieutenant, my family—Vaguemestre. Ah! I remember, you are a volunteer. Very well, you may go.
PRIVATE CASTAGNOL. But my money?
VAGUEMESTRE. You have eight days in the guard-house to make. Next Sunday, if you are not punished in the meantime, you shall have your money.
PRIVATE OASTAGKOL. But—
VAGUEMESTRE. No remarks.
PRIVATE CASTAGNOL (turning angrily away). I shall tell my friends to send bank-notes next time.
The vaguemestre being usually an adjutant, the soldiers address him as lieutenant.