She rang a silver bell, and immediately after a maid appeared.
"Where is Monsieur de Larsagny?"
"In his office."
"Since when?"
"Since eight o'clock."
"And what time is it now?"
"Ten."
"Good. Tell Jean to serve breakfast here in my boudoir, and then go and tell Monsieur de Larsagny that I await him."
A quarter of an hour later the banker appeared in the boudoir.
He ate so greedily that Carmen impatiently exclaimed: