the hands of the clock verging upon the hour of closing the bank, there was a general set of the current of talkers past mr. lorry's desk. he held the letter out inquiringly; and monseigneur looked at it, in the person of this plotting and indignant refugee; and monseigneur looked at it in the person of that plotting and indignant refugee; and this, that, and the other, all had something disparaging to say, in french or in english, concerning the marquis who was not to be found.