“What are you doing here? Is this the way you attend to your work?”
The young man yawned, stretched his arms, rubbed his eyes, and gazed at his employer, who was pacing the floor of the office.
“Well! do you hear me, monsieur? Why aren’t you at work?”
“Why, monsieur, you know very well that I haven’t any.”
“Why aren’t you writing circulars for the provinces?”
“Monsieur knows too that we sent several of his circulars to the same people, and they haven’t answered.”
“You’re a fool! You don’t know how to manage an affair. And what about that house that someone wanted to buy?”
“Monsieur, the person came three times to obtain information, but he didn’t find you.”
“You ought to have given it to him!”
“But, monsieur, I knew nothing about it.”