These gentlemen"-- he waved his hand towards his two companions--"are well aware of the fact and can vouch--" "That is all the same to me," interrupted the porter.

"This is the Gigerl which was stolen from me on New Year's eve--" "I repeat," said the Count, with dignity, "that you are altogether mistaken.

I will trouble you to leave us in peace and to make no more disturbance, where you are evidently in error." His coolness exasperated the porter, who seemed very sure of what he asserted.
"That is what we shall see," he retorted in a menacing tone.

"Meanwhile it does not occur to me to leave you in peace and to make no more trouble.

I tell you that this Gigerl was stolen from me on New Year's eve.