"Yes, bourgeois; a pretty little lady—good style. I know what I'm talking about."
"Where did you take her from?"
"Where did I take her from? why, from here, bourgeois, about an hour and a quarter ago; it wasn't quite a half, but the little woman pays generous, without haggling."
"She took you by the hour, then, when she started?"
"Just so."
"Where did you go with her? Now, don't lie to me!"
"You pay too well for me to lie to you! Besides, there's no mystery about it; I took her to the Jardin des Plantes."
"To the Jardin des Plantes?"
"Yes, bourgeois; in front of the gate, on the water side. She got out there and told me to wait, and then she went into the garden."
"Alone?"