He is an expansive and imposing man, fat-covered, and white as a house.

He never says anything and is always alone.

A great personage he is; he makes money; he has amassed hundreds of thousands of francs.

At noon and in the evening he is not to be seen, having dived into the room behind the shop, where he takes his meals in solitude.

The rest of the time he just sits at the receipt of custom and says nothing.