"Pending your love rendezvous, will you meet us this evening, a little before nine? We propose to nab Seigneur Pigeonnier, who thinks that a lady is to meet him on Place des Italiens."
"Oh! I will be there, of course. Poor Tobie! we must have a little fun at his expense; but afterward, if he can't pay, I'll lend him five hundred francs, so that he can settle with Monsieur Varinet."
"The devil! You are a good fellow. Are you in funds?"
"My father is so kind to me! he gives me money without being asked."
"Parbleu! he has nobody left but you; it's right that he should satisfy all your desires."
"But I have been spending too much money for some time past; I mean to reform."
"Is that why you pay five thousand francs for a shawl?"
"This will be my last folly."
"And you propose to lend Tobie five hundred francs?"
"I am so happy! I would like to be able to oblige all my friends."