People who pass me by in the street say, 'That is Mascarin, who keeps a servants' registry office;' that is the way in which they look upon me.

Let them laugh if they like; they little know the mighty power I wield in secret.

No one suspects me, no, not one.

I may seem too sanguine, it is true," he continued, still glancing over his papers, "or the net may break and some of the fishes slip out.

That idiot, Mussidan, asked me if I was acquainted with the Penal code.