Master Saval goes to Paris to attend an opera. In a restaurant he meets the painter Romantin, who invites him to a party he is organising. At this party, Romantin leaves Saval alone to welcome the guests, who mistake him for a valet and ridicule him.

• Guy de Maupassant
• Gérard Jourd'hui
• Gaëlle Girre

• Abraham Belaga
• Michel Vuillermoz
• Michaël Abiteboul