"I demand the head of Chalamel!"
"In truth, with him it is impossible to talk reason a moment."
"What stupidity! To say that this stranger is the son of the governor, when he is the oldest, as is easy to be seen—"
"Well, what of that?"
"How? what of that? The son older than the father?"
"It is very plain; in that case, the intruder must have made the false step, and be the father of M. Ferrand, intead of being his son."
"I demand the head of Chalamel!"
"Do not listen to him; you know, when once he is in the way of saying stupid things, there is no end to it."
"What is certain is, that this intruder has a bad face, and does not leave
M. Ferrand for a moment."
"He is always with him in his cabinet; they eat together; one does not move without the other."