"I have come," he said, "to put you in the way of earning a little money."
"Go on."
"I assist in restaurants on fête days. I am an 'extra,' you understand, and am now at the Veau Sauté, at the corner. You know—"
"I know the establishment, certainly."
"Well, the master wishes to give a little entertainment to his customers to-night, and I thought of you. He will give you twenty francs."
Twenty francs! It was quite a fortune to the child, and yet she hesitated.
"Did the master give you no note for me?" she asked, at length.
"How suspicious you are! What are you afraid of!"
"Nothing. I will call at the restaurant now, when I go out."
"You must decide now, for if you decline I am to go for the man who has no arms, but who sings so well."