"Baptiste has had it all." "Stop a minute!" cried Marcel, rummaging in the drawer, where he perceived a paper.

"The bill for last quarter's rent!" "How did it come there ?" "And paid, too," added Marcel.

"You paid the landlord, then!" "Me! Come now!" said Rodolphe.
"But what means--" "But I assure you--" "Oh, what can be this mystery ?" sang the two in chorus to the final air of "The White Lady." Baptiste, who loved music, came running in at once.

Marcel showed him the paper.
"Ah, yes," said Baptiste carelessly, "I forgot to tell you.

The landlord came this morning while you were out.