\"Apparently，\"saidThuillier，acrimoniously，\"thishonestgo—betweenhadsomeinterestinexaggeratingmyvalue。Onethingisverysure；
thismonsieurhadadebtoftwenty—fivethousandfrancswhichharassedhimmuch；andashorttimebeforetheseizurethissamemonsieur，whohadnomeansofhisown，paidoffthatdebt；andunlessyoucantellmewhereelsehegotthemoney，theinferenceIthinkisnotdifficulttodraw。\"
ItwaslaPeyrade’sturntolookfixedlyatThuillier。
\"MonsieurThuillier，\"hesaid，raisinghisvoice，\"letusgetoutofenigmasandgeneralities；willyoudomethefavortonamethatperson？\"
\"Well，no，\"repliedThuillier，strikinghishanduponthetable，\"I