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`` On the contrary , you are firm and strong . '' `` Yes , he has got on so well , '' said the doctor , `` that we should now treat him as one of ourselves , and confide more in him . To-night , my young friend , M. Mascarin will get from Caroline Schimmel the solution of the riddle that has for so long perplexed us . Be at the office to-morrow at ten o'clock , and you shall be told everything . '' Paul would have asked more questions , but Tantaine cut him short with a brief good-morning , and went off hurriedly , taking the doctor with him , and seemingly wishing to avoid a hazardous and unpleasant explanation . `` Let us get out of this , '' whispered he . `` In another moment I should have knocked the conceited ass down .