“So you call that not making a noise?”
“I was walking so carefully that I ran into that little piece of furniture, and it fell. But no matter; you can find those things at all furniture shops.”
“Oh! I am not at all alarmed, Jasmin. I am going to dress and go back to Gagny.”
“What! already, my dear master? Have you examined your cash-box?”
“That is all full of gold, monsieur,” said Jasmin, pointing to the cash drawer in the secretary; “and it’s all yours. And when it’s all gone, there is plenty more; you have only to apply to your banker. And one can enjoy so much in Paris with money.”
“Jasmin, you know that I don’t like to be thwarted. Where are my clothes and my shoes?”
“I threw them all out of the window, monsieur, except what Monsieur de Monfréville brought you yesterday.”
“What does that mean? Do you mean that I haven’t any trousers to put on? Are you mad, Jasmin?”
“It was Monsieur de Monfréville who advised me to throw away all monsieur’s old things. But there’s a tailor waiting outside, and a boot-maker and a shirt-maker and a hatter, who have brought some things that are more in style. It was Monsieur de Monfréville again who sent them all here; they’ve been waiting an hour for you to wake.”