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`` Monsieur is not a thief , '' replied the old man . `` On the contrary , he came up with me to lend assistance . '' Then , turning to Cerizet , he added , in a low voice : `` I think , my good friend , that we had better postpone the interview I desire to have with you until to-morrow . Come at ten o'clock to the adjoining house , and ask for Monsieur du Portail . After what has passed this evening , there will , I ought to warn you , be some danger to you in not accepting this conference . I shall find you elsewhere , infallibly ; for I have the honor to know who you are ; you are the man whom the Opposition journals were accustomed to call ` the courageous Cerizet . ''' In spite of the profound sarcasm of this remark , Cerizet , perceiving that he was not to be treated more rigorously than Madame Cardinal , felt so pleased with this conclusion that he promised , very readily , to keep the appointment , and then slipped away with all the haste he could .