At last he made his way through the mob, which was continually increasing and getting more and more turbulent, and reached the hotel.

On his first inquiry he was told, with the impertinence peculiar to hired hackney-coachmen and inn-keepers with their houses full, that there was no room for him at the Hotel de Londres.

Then he sent his card to Signor Pastrini, and asked for Albert de Morcerf.

This plan succeeded; and Signor Pastrini himself ran to him, excusing himself for having made his excellency wait, scolding the waiters, taking the candlestick from the porter, who was ready to pounce on the traveller and was about to lead him to Albert, when Morcerf himself appeared.
The apartment consisted of two small rooms and a parlor.

The two rooms looked onto the street--a fact which Signor Pastrini commented upon as an inappreciable advantage.