Vautrin
I have them. Have you anything else to do?
Lafouraille
Yes, your chamber—
Vautrin
In so many words you want to avoid me. I have always found that
restless legs never go with a quiet conscience. Stay where you are.
I want to talk with you.
Lafouraille
I am at your service.
Vautrin
I hope you are. Come here. You told us, under the fair sky of
Provence, a certain story which was little to your credit. A steward
beat you at play; do you recollect?
Lafouraille A steward? Yes, that fellow Charles Blondet, the only man who ever robbed me! Can a fellow forget that?
Vautrin Had you not on one occasion sold your master to him? That's common enough.
Lafouraille
On one occasion? I sold him three times over.
Vautrin
That was better. And what business was the steward then engaged in?
Lafouraille
I was going to tell you. I was footman at eighteen with the De
Langeacs—