"Monsieur le comte is not in!" replied the deaf old concierge; "what do you want of him?"
"I have a letter for him."
"Give it to me."
"But I would like an answer."
"You can come again."
"When must I come to find the count?"
"No one ever knows; he doesn't say."
"But you will hand him this letter to-day?"
"Yes, if I see him."
"Do you not see him every day?"