This time I did not ask him a direct question.
"I am interested in the restaurants of this quarter," I said.

"Some one has told me that your dinner is marvellous!" He smiled a little suspiciously.

The word was perhaps unfortunate! "I am bringing some friends to try it very soon," I said.
The waiter brought my Fin Champagne.

I drank it and ordered a cigar.
"You have all sorts of people here," I remarked.

"I noticed a Chinaman--he was very much like the Chinese ambassador, by the bye--leaving as I came in." The proprietor extended his hands.
"We have people of every class, monsieur," he assured me.