"Not so fast, citoyen."
"Well, what? I'm in a hurry."
"You've seen the Citoyen Marat?"
"Marat?"
"What! you've not presented your letter?"
"Oh, my letter!" Barabant cried, and hastily covering his mistake, said: "But that was days ago."
"You didn't forget to speak of me?"
"Come, now, la Mère Corniche, I'm not an ingrate!"
"And what did he say?"