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But he treated the old gentleman so respectfully that he could not have been politer to the King himself . Jerome and Monsieur Albert Savaron escorted the gentleman to his carriage , which was standing with the horses in . The courier started on the stroke of three . `` Monsieur Savaron went straight to the Prefecture , and from that to Monsieur Gentillet , who sold him the old traveling carriage that used to belong to Madame de Saint-Vier before she died ; then he ordered post horses for six o'clock . He went home to pack ; no doubt he wrote a lot of letters ; finally , he settled everything with Monsieur Girardet , who went to him and stayed till seven . Jerome carried a note to Monsieur Boucher , with whom his master was to have dined ; and then , at half-past seven , the lawyer set out , leaving Jerome with three months ' wages , and telling him to find another place . `` He left his keys with Monsieur Girardet , whom he took home , and at his house , Jerome says , he took a plate of soup , for at half-past seven Monsieur Girardet had not yet dined .