The Count of Monte Cristo

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"Exactly."

"He lives at the end of the yard, on the left, on the third story."
Andrea went as she directed him, and on the third floor he found a
hare's paw, which, by the hasty ringing of the bell, it was evident he
pulled with considerable ill-temper. A moment after Caderousse's face
appeared at the grating in the door. "Ah, you are punctual," said he, as
he drew back the door.

"Confound you and your punctuality!" said Andrea, throwing himself into
a chair in a manner which implied that he would rather have flung it at
the head of his host.

"Come, come, my little fellow, don't be angry. See, I have thought about
you--look at the good breakfast we are going to have; nothing but what
you are fond of." Andrea, indeed, inhaled the scent of something cooking
which was not unwelcome to him, hungry as he was; it was that mixture