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No matter ! they are good friends , and that is enough to help them endure it . '' Then , shaking hands with Amedee , she climbed lightly up into the carriage . All that day at the office Amedee was uneasy about his father , and about four o'clock , a little before the time for his departure , he went to M. Violette 's office . There they told him that his father had just left , saying that he would dine at Grand Montrouge with an old friend ; and Amedee , a trifle reassured , decided to rejoin his friend Maurice at the Foyot restaurant . Amedee was the first to arrive at the rendezvous . He had hardly pronounced Maurice Roger 's name when a voice like a cannon bellowed out , `` Now then !