“You had better let me bring you some more. Give me a check. You have not your check-book? Well, write one out for five hundred francs on a piece of paper, and I will take it and cash it for you, and bring you the money to-morrow.”
“You will not turn up again if I let you have all that.”
“Toto!”
“I know you so well. See here, what time will you promise to turn up, if I give you my check?”
Gaillard debated with himself.
“I will be at your atelier at one o’clock, punctually.”
“You promise?”
“I promise.”