Have you seen him ?" "Ah! you are still with old Clericy; thought you were up to some mischief--so d--d quiet.

Then Mademoiselle is kind ?" "Mademoiselle is away," I answered.

"Do you know anything of the Baron Giraud ?" "Do I know anything of the devil," growled John Turner, returning to the perusal of his newspaper.

"Are he and old Clericy putting their heads together?
I would not trust Giraud with ten sous so far as the club door." "Exactly!" "Then he and old Clericy _are_ at it--are they ?" said John Turner, looking at me over the _Times_ with his twinkling eyes.

"And you, Monsieur, _le secretaire_, are anxious about your patron.