"After I assisted him in carrying his box, this strange man ordered me out of the kitchen, where he wished, he said, to be absolutely alone."
"Ah, Pablo, how he surrounds himself with mystery!"
"I obeyed, my lord, but I could not resist the temptation to stay outside at the door."
"To listen?"
"No, sir, to scent."
"Ah, my lord, my lord!"
"What is it, Pablo?"
"Little by little an odour passed through the door, so delicious, so exquisite, so tempting, so exciting, that it was impossible for me to go away. If I had been nailed to the door I could not have been more immovable. I was bewildered, fascinated, entranced!"
"Truly, Pablo?"