They were made for each other.

The same fact would give rise in both of them to the same reflections; from the same idea both would draw parallel conclusions.

When the _commissaire_ laughed, the _garde_ grinned; when he assumed a serious expression, his shadow grew gloomy; if the frock-coat said, "This must be done," the jacket replied, "I think so, too;" if the coat added, "It is necessary;" the waistcoat affirmed: "It is indispensable." Notwithstanding this inward comprehension, their outward relations of rank and authority remained unchanged.

For the _garde_ spoke in a lower tone than the _commissaire_, and was a trifle shorter and walked behind him.

The _commissaire_ was polished, important, fluent; he consulted himself, ruminated, talked to himself, and smacked his tongue; the _garde_ was deferential, attentive, pensive and observing, and would utter an exclamation from time to time and scratch his nose.