"What! this man's name is Appetite?"
"Yes, sir."
"You must have misunderstood him."
"No, sir, I made him repeat his name twice. It is certainly Appetite."
"Alas, alas! what a cruelly ironical name!" murmured the canon, with bitterness. "But no matter, for the rarity of the name, send this man in to me."
An instant after the man announced by the majordomo entered, respectfully saluted Dom Diégo, and said to him:
"It is Lord Dom Diégo whom I have the honour of addressing?"
"Yes, what do you wish of me?"
"First, sir, to pay you the tribute of my profound admiration; then, to offer you my services."
"But, monsieur, what is your name?"