"What do you want of me?" asked Mr. Palliser, in French.
Then the man spoke in French, also. "Has he got any money? Have you given him any money?"
"I have not given him any money," said Mr. Palliser, not quite knowing what he had better do or say under such circumstances.
"Then he will have a bad time with it," said the man. "And he might have carried away two thousand francs just now! Dear, dear, dear! Has he got any friends, sir?"

"What do you want of me?" asked Mr. Palliser, in French.
The man replied in French. "Have you given him any money?"
"I have not," said Mr. Palliser, not quite knowing what he had better do or say.
"Then he will have a bad time of it," said the man. "And he might have carried away two thousand francs just now! Dear, dear, dear! Has he got any friends, sir?"
