"Yes, you assist in saloons on Sundays and holidays."
"Right. For the past three days I have been at The Golden Calf, just in the street above."
"Ah, by Monsieur Aube?"
"Yes. The landlord would like to treat his guests to-day to some special amusement, and so he said to me last night, 'Robeckal, do you know of anything new and piquant!'
"'The "Marquise," master,' I replied.
"'But will she come?'
"'H'm, we must ask her. How much do you intend to spend?'
"'Twenty francs.'
"'Good,' I said, 'I will ask her,' and here I am."