"'Where do you live?'
"'I have already said that I live at the Place Blanche, 26, second floor.'
"'What are your means of living?'
"I explained that I had an income of twelve thousand francs.
"'At what time, as near as you can tell, did you find the watch?'
"'Three o'clock A.M.'
"'Was not it later?' he remarked ironically.
"'I don't think it was,' I said candidly.
"'Well, I congratulate you,' he said ironically. 'It seems to me that you are leading a somewhat singular existence.'
"As I was taking exception on my right to live according to my fancy: