“The same as this evening.”
“With great pleasure. Your obedient servant!”
“Ah, a single word, M. Waldo. Would it be an indiscretion to inquire what is your real name?”
“By no means, M. Johan. My real name is Stentarello, very much at your service.”
“You are a wag. I suppose it is you who always play that part in a comedy?”
“Always, except when it is my assistant.”
“You are mysterious!”
“Certainly, in matters that relate to the secrets of my theatre. Otherwise, I should have neither reputation nor success.”
“Well, at any rate, will you allow me to inquire why you named one of your characters the baron?”
“Ah, as to that, you must ask the footman who made Puffo drunk. For my part, I am used to his blunders, and I should never have noticed it, if he had not told me about it himself, in a great fright.”