"Because," said the waiter, "the gentlemen ordered me not to deliver it to the ladies for an hour."

The waiter who witnessed the shooting doesn't recognize a picture of Mike but he may recognize him in person.

Going into his office, he began to turn over certain accounts, awaiting the departure of the bartenders and the cashier, who soon left.

As Fantine concluded this sigh, the waiter who had served them at dinner entered. He held in his hand something which resembled a letter.

You thought the waiter must not hear, as if he cared!