“No; what makes you ask?”

“I don’t see how you can live without any salary.”

“I couldn’t. I ought to tell you that I have got a place.”

“You have?” exclaimed Felix, in surprise, and it must be confessed, disappointment.

“Yes.”

“Where is it?”

“In the office of a new paper.”

“What is it?”

“The Phœnix, a comic paper just started.”

“Where is the office?”