When the man lifted his head they recognized him; an exclamation escaped them.

It was the Count Muffat, and he was giving an upward glance at one of the windows.
"You know, he's been waiting there since this morning," Mignon informed them.

"I saw him at six o'clock, and he hasn't moved since.

Directly Labordette spoke about it he came there with his handkerchief up to his face.

Every half-hour he comes dragging himself to where we're standing to ask if the person upstairs is doing better, and then he goes back and sits down.