\"YoushouldjusthaveseenthatTartuffe！\"continuedMinard。\"Hehadnosoonergoneoutthanhereturned，bringingthenews。Aseverybodywaslongingtogetaway，therefollowedageneralhelter—skelter。Andthenwhatdoesourmando？HegoesbacktoMadameLambert，whowascryingthatshewasruined！shewaslost！——whichmightverywellbetrue，butitmightalsobeonlyascenearrangedbetweentheminpresenceofthecompany，whomthewoman’soutcriesdetainedintheantechamber。’Don’tbeanxious，mygoodwoman，’saidlaPeyrade；’theinvestmentwasmadeatyourrequest，consequently，Ioweyounothing；
BUTitisenoughthatthemoneypassedthroughmyhandstomakemyconsciencetellmeIamresponsible。Ifthenotary’sassetsarenotenoughtopayyouIwilldoso。’\"
\"Yes，\"saidPhellion，\"thatwasmyideaasyoutoldit；theintermediaryisoroughttoberesponsible。IshouldnothavehesitatedtodoasMonsieurdelaPeyradedid，andIdonotthinkthataftersuchconductasthatheoughttobetaxedwithJesuitism。\"
\"Yes，youwouldhavedoneso，\"saidMinard，\"andsoshouldI，butweshouldn’thavedoneitwithabrassband；weshouldhavepaidourmoneyquietly，likegentlemen。Butthiselectoralmanager，howishegoingtopayit？Outofthe’dot’？\"
AtthismomentthelittlepageenteredtheroomandgavealettertoFelixPhellion。ItcamefromperePicot，andwaswrittenathisdictationbyMadameLambert，forwhichreasonwewillnotreproducetheorthography。ThewritingofMadameLambertwasofthosethatcanneverbeforgottenwhenonceseen。Recognizingitinstantly，Felixhastenedtosay：——