The Birth of Venus

The Birth of Venus
"He has done well not to come in here to-day!" he hissed.
"Who is that man?" asked Rouletabille, returning to his omelette.
"The Green Man," growled the innkeeper. "Don't you know him? Then all the better for you. He is not an acquaintance to make. - Well, he is Monsieur Stangerson's forest-keeper."
The Birth of Venus
"You don't appear to like him very much?" asked the reporter, pouring his omelette into the frying-pan.
"Nobody likes him, monsieur. He's an upstart who must once have had a fortune of his own; and he forgives nobody because, in order to live, he has been compelled to become a servant. A keeper is as much a servant as any other
The Birth of Venus