"He has gone away, and left nothing for me?"
"No, monsieur."
Tobie was tempted to beat his brains out against the wall.
"This caps the climax," he said to himself, as he walked away; "I have two sous left! Perhaps I had better go and jingle them in Aunt Abraham's ear, to induce her to make me a partner in her business!"
Copyright Copyright 1903 by G. Barrie & Sons.
THE RENDEZVOUS AT THE CAFÉ
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Another person had, in fact, entered the café. It was a man of twenty-six or twenty-seven years, of medium height, well set up, with dark brown hair, a slightly flushed face, sharp eyes, turned-up nose, and a huge mouth—everything, in short, which denotes a jovial companion.