The valet went out.
Pascal continued to write, but at the end of a few moments the servant returned.
"When will you finish? What is it now?"
"Monsieur, this lady who—"
"Ah, so you are making a jest, are you? I told you to send her to the counting-room!"
"This lady has given me a card and asked me to tell monsieur to read what she has just written at the bottom."
"Well, hand it here. It is insupportable!" said Pascal taking the card, where he read the following:
"The Marquise de Miranda."
Below the name was written with a pencil:
"She had the honour of meeting M. Pascal yesterday at the Élysée-Bourbon, with his Highness, the Archduke Leopold."