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I hear them already cry, 'Window to let! Place to let! And then there will be the troops, cavalry and infantry. And all this for me for old Boulard. It is not for an honest man that they take all this trouble, hey, Sals! Here is something to make a man proud. Even he should be as cowardly as Pique-Vinaigre, it would make him resolute.
"There's a funny idea!" said the prisoner in the blue cap. "And what is still more funny," replied the patterer, "is that, with this idea, one would have said that Gringalet consoled himself for being beaten; and that proves that, at bottom, he had not a bad heart." "I think so on the contrary," said the keeper, "Pique-Vinaigre is jolly amusing." At this moment the clock struck half-past three.
Believing that his liberality had really disposed his odious companions in his favor, enchanted thus to follow the advice of Rigolette, Germain, in spite of his repugnance, left his seat, and approached. Pique-Vinaigre, aided by Nicholas and Barbillon, having arranged around the stove the four or five benches, said with emphasis,
Pique-Vinaigre continued: "When Gringalet was tied to the chair, his master said to him, 'You young rascal, it is you who have been the cause that I have been beaten by the Alderman you are go-o-o-ing to die! And he drew from his pocket a large razor, newly sharpened, opened it, and took with one hand Gringalet by the hair."
Where could I borrow such a sum? And, besides, it is not only to borrow but to return. And five hundred francs all at once it is a fortune." "There is, however, a very simple way to amass five hundred francs," said Pique-Vinaigre, with bitterness; "it is to hang up one's appetite for a year to live on air, but work just the same. It is astonishing that the lawyer did not give you this advice."
"Because, before he was born, his mother had probably spoken of a negro," answered Pique-Vinaigre, with modest assurance. "To this ornament, Cut-in-half joined the trade of having I do not know how many tortoises, apes, guinea-pigs, white mice, foxes and marmots, with an equal number of little Savoyards.
He could prevent the patterer from finishing his story, but then his last hope vanished of seeing the keeper retire before the hour in which Germain would be in safety. "Oh! stupid, is it?" said Pique-Vinaigre. "Well, the honorable society shall be the judge. "There was not then an animal more wicked than the large ape Gargousse, which was, above all, as savage as his master toward children.
"Why, to do harm because others harmed him!" "No! I can comprehend why the poor little kid liked to save the flies," answered Blue Cap. "He thought, perhaps, 'Who knows that some one will not save me in the same way?" "Pal, you're right," cried Pique-Vinaigre; "you have read in your heart what I was about to explain to the honorable company.
Opposite him, on the other side of the railing, was a woman of about thirty-five, with a pale, sweet, and interesting face, poorly but neatly clad; she wept bitterly, and kept her handkerchief to her eyes. Pique-Vinaigre looked at her with a mixture of impatience and affection.
At least, there is no need of being behind your backs." "Yes," replied Skeleton; "but Pique-Vinaigre charges high for telling a story; he wants twenty sous." "Yes, the trifle of twenty sous; and then it is for nothing," cried Pique-Vinaigre.
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