He no doubt had a plan, for he said: "Don't let us make ourselves ridiculous! All Paris would laugh at us.
O.G.has won the first game: we will win the second." He was thinking of the next month's allowance.
Nevertheless, they had been so absolutely tricked that they were bound to suffer a certain dejection.

And, upon my word, it was not difficult to understand.

We must not forget that the managers had an idea at the back of their minds, all the time, that this strange incident might be an unpleasant practical joke on the part of their predecessors and that it would not do to divulge it prematurely.

On the other hand, Moncharmin was sometimes troubled with a suspicion of Richard himself, who occasionally took fanciful whims into his head.

And so they were content to await events, while keeping an eye on Mother Giry.