"Who? that tall man with the red face, holding his left hand in the air?"
"Yes."
"I don't know him at all."
"But he called you by name when he bet."
"I don't know whether he knows me, or not, but I don't know him."
"That's strange. He acts as if he were a little tipsy. We must find out who he is. Ah! there's Armand, one of the groomsmen. I say, Armand, come here a moment; tell us who that man is, whose costume is so unconventional for a wedding party?"
"The gentleman in a frock-coat, who runs into everybody?"
"The same."
"I have just asked the bride, and she doesn't know him either."
"And the groom?"