"Ah! I have been a long time searching for you!"
Without rising, Regimbart extended towards him only two fingers, and, as if he had seen Frederick the day before, he gave utterance to a number of commonplace remarks about the opening of the session.
Frederick interrupted him, saying in the most natural tone he could assume:
"Is Arnoux going on well?"
The reply was a long time coming, as Regimbart was gargling the liquor in his throat:
"Yes, not badly."
"Where is he living now?"
"Why, in the Rue Paradis Poissonnière," the Citizen returned with astonishment.
"What number?"
"Thirty-seven—confound it! what a funny fellow you are!"