Laisangy, exasperated beyond all self-control, seized a knife from the table. The door opened and the maid entered.
"Here is a card which the gentleman wished me to hand you at once, sir."
Carmen took the card and read the name.
"Signor Fagiano!" she read aloud. "Ah! he has come to tell you his right name, I fancy!"
Laisangy took the card from Carmen's hand and dashed from the room. Carmen said, half aloud:
"Goutran is the friend of the Vicomte de Monte-Cristo. I will watch!"