Ten Years Later Chapter 5 - Manicamp and Malicorne

In which two gentlemen of fashion, pressed by circumstance and necessity, engage in a witty and intricate barter of commissions and wagers, proving that wit and cunning may serve in place of coin when fortunes run low. The dialogue flows between bed-ridden Manicamp and the resourceful Malicorne, as they contrive schemes and negotiate the delicate art of obligation and favour within the refined society they inhabit.