"There is also a man there, to whom the count has given an appointment at ten o'clock."
"Well, well. Oh, what a day!" said Florestan, as he was going upstairs to meet his father, whom he found in the saloon where the morning's interview had taken place. "A thousand pardons, father, for not being here when you arrived; but I——"
"The man who holds this forged draft is here?"
"Yes, father, below."
"Send for him to come up."
Florestan rang the bell; Boyer answered.
"Tell M. Petit Jean to come here."
"Yes, my lord;" and Boyer disappeared.
"How kind you are, father, to remember your promise!"
"I always remember what I promise."