Verdelin (approaching the fireplace) Yes, but when I saw outside that triumphal post-chaise—that model of Indian manufacture, and I realized that it was impossible to find such a vehicle in the Champs-Elysees, all my doubts disappeared and— But hand him over the bonds, M. Pierquin!
Pierquin
The—bonds—it happens that—
Mercadet (aside)
I must bluff, or I am lost! (Aloud) Certainly, produce the bonds.
Pierquin
One moment—if what this gentleman has said is true—
Mercadet (haughtily)
M. Pierquin!
Minard But, gentlemen—M. Godeau is here—I have seen him—I have talked with him.
Mercadet (to Pierquin)
He has talked with him, sir.
Pierquin (to Verdelin)
The fact of it is, I have seen him myself.
Verdelin I don't doubt it! By the bye, on what vessel did our friend Godeau say he arrived?
Mercadet
By what vessel? It was by the—by the /Triton/—