DOCTOR. Then it’s my deputy. Do you know this name? Where did I put his card? [He looks on his desk] Ah, here. ‘Loches, deputy for Sarthes’?
STUDENT. That’s the famous Loches.
DOCTOR. Ah, yes, deputy for Sarthes. A regular orator, isn’t he?
STUDENT. Tremendous, I believe.
DOCTOR. That’s the man we want then. He busies himself a great deal with social questions?
STUDENT. Just so.
DOCTOR. I suppose he wants to start an agitation in the Chamber in favor of the laws for which we have been clamoring so long. No doubt he means to post himself up first. This is what he writes: ‘Loches, deputy for Sarthes, presents his compliments’ etc.... would be much obliged if I would see him to-morrow, Sunday: not for a consultation.
STUDENT. It’s very likely he has some idea of the sort.
DOCTOR. Now that I have a deputy I will post him up, I can assure you. That’s why I have had the case from St. Charles’ ward and number 28 brought here.
STUDENT. Shall you want me?