"Who does?" ejaculated Bobinette. "Lots of people come to her house. I go to all the dinners, all the parties!"
"Ah, then, you'll foot the bill, Bobine, if you have such a rich situation?"
"I will pay, Geoffrey," said Bobinette: "This old lady, I think."... Bobinette stopped. She went white as a sheet.... An old man had just entered the wine-shop. His steps were uncertain, his back was bent under the weight of an old accordion.
It was Vagualame....
XXIX
I AM TROKOFF
Bobinette's astonishment was so evident that Hogshead Geoffrey, whose powers of observation were small, was struck by his sister's expression.
"You know that old fellow?" he asked. "If he bothers you you've but to pass the word, you know, and I'll soon put him on the other side of the door!"