"All right," said he, "we'll put x down as the unknown quantity of the assets: now for the liabilities."
Hector made a superbly disdainful gesture.
"Don't know, I'm sure, what they are."
"What, can't you give a rough guess?"
"Oh, perhaps. For instance, I owe between five and six hundred thousand francs to Clair & Co., five hundred thousand to Dervoy; about as much to Dubois, of Orleans—"
"Well?"
"I can't remember any more."
"But you must have a memorandum of your loans somewhere?"
"No."
"You have at least kept your bonds, bills, and the sums of your various debts?"