"He is not in."
"Will you have the kindness to tell me at what hour I can find him?"
"Never!"
"What! never?"
"No; monsieur le comte no longer lives here, he doesn't sleep in monsieur le marquis his father's house, and he never comes here; so, you see, you will never find him here."
"Then, monsieur le concierge, will you kindly tell me where monsieur le comte lives now, and I will go there."
"I don't know where monsieur le comte lives; besides, it is none of my business to give his address!"
"But, monsieur, I must speak with monsieur le comte; it is absolutely necessary!"
"That is none of my business."
And the concierge closed the door of his lodge with a most unamiable air.