"How, Francois, on the contrary?"
"Look here! you know the big lame man who lives at Paris with Pere
Micou; the man who sells for Nicholas; who keeps furnished lodgings,
Passage de la Brasserie?"
"A big lame man?"
"Why, yes; who came here at the end of the autumn from Pere Micou, with a man with monkeys, and two women."
"Oh, yes, yes; the lame man who spent so much money?"
"I think so; he paid for everybody."
"Do you recollect the excursion on the water?"
[Illustration: THE BRIGAND'S ATTACK ON HIS BROTHER]
"I went with them, and the man with the monkeys took his organ on board to have some music in the boat."
"And then, at night, what fine fireworks they had, Francois!"