"And you, Frédéric?"
"I have about ten."
"That isn't enough to pay our landlord, for we must owe him at least three hundred francs."
"What! hasn't he been paid?"
"Who ever heard of making people of our sort pay in advance?"
"But think how extravagant we have been!"
"We had to live; and what difference does it make whether we owe one hundred francs or three hundred, as we can't pay?"
"However, we cannot leave this hotel without settling our account, and we cannot continue our journey without money."
"That would be rather difficult, to be sure," said Ménard.
"I see but one way to get any," said Dubourg, "and that is to apply to Monsieur le Comte de Montreville. He certainly won't leave his son in straits."