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"Ah, monsieur, indeed " He hands over his twenty francs, he is ushered to the door, and, as soon as his heel is turned, we all divide the fruit of the crime, laughing like highway robbers. Fie! M. Passajon. At your age, such a trade! Eh! mon Dieu! I well know it. I know that I should do myself more honour in quitting this evil place. But what!
I tell you that damned Governor must be a shrewd fellow to deceive even his wife, to act a part in his own house, where the cleverest let themselves be seen as they are. Meanwhile all these people are living well; Bois-l'Héry at Mazas has his meals sent from the Café Anglais, and Uncle Passajon is reduced to living on odds and ends picked up in kitchens. However, we must not complain too much.
Monsieur's the one who keeps things going. Père Passajon, a glass of Château-Larose. It will set you up." All those young fellows were delightful to me, and took a mischievous pleasure in doing the honors of the cellar so often and in such bumpers that my tongue began to grow heavy and uncertain; as they said to me, in their slightly familiar language: "You're spluttering, uncle."
As I rose at his passage moved to some emotion, but with dignity, you may trust Passajon for that he looked at me with a smile and said in an undertone to the young man who accompanied him: "What a fine head, like a " Then there came a word which I did not catch very well, a word ending in art, something like leopard. No, however, it cannot have been that.
"But," said Passajon to him for it was Passajon who, meeting the honest fellow and hearing that he was out of employment, had suggested to him that he should come to Paganetti's "but since I repeat that it is serious. We have lots of money. They pay one. I have been paid. See how prosperous I look."
"Why, you'll always be an innocent, my poor Passajon. Never you fear! The Nabob's in it just about as much as Moëssard's queen was." And he went back to his shirt-fronts. His last remark referred back to the time when Moëssard was paying court to his queen and had promised the Governor that, in case he was successful, he would induce Her Majesty to invest some funds in our enterprise.
The clerk made a note of my declaration, whereupon the magistrate dismissed me with a wave of the hand, warning me that I must hold myself at his disposal. When I was at the door he recalled me: "Here, Monsieur Passajon, take this; I have no further use for it."
He pays his twenty francs, we escort him to the door, and as soon as his back is turned we divide the fruit of the crime, laughing like brigands. Fie! Monsieur Passajon. Such performances at your time of life! Oh! Mon Dieu! I know all about it. I know that I should honor myself much more if I left this vile place. But, what then? why, I must abandon all that I have at stake here.
"But," said Passajon for it was Passajon, who, happening to meet the good man and finding that he was unemployed, had spoken to him of taking service with Paganetti "but I tell you again that it's all right. We have plenty of money. We pay our debts. I have been paid; just see what a dandy I am."
You should hear her talk: "You know him, Moussiou Passajon. You know whether he is escrupulous.
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