"And what did you make of it ?" Colleville.

"It comes out as follows: D'abord reva bureaux, E-u,--( you catch the meaning?
et eut--and had) E-u fin riche; which signifies that after first belonging to the administration, he gave it up and got rich elsewhere." [Repeats.] "D'abord reva bureaux, E-u fin riche." Dutocq.

"That IS queer!" Bixiou.

"Try Isidore Baudoyer." Colleville [mysteriously].

"I sha'n't tell the other anagrams to any one but Thuillier." Bixiou.