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Updated: June 3, 2025
She had seen Lantier twice. Indeed, it was impossible nowadays to enter the street and not see him. Mme Boche, too, had spoken to him on the corner below. Then Gervaise, who was on the point of going for a sou's worth of fried onions to season her soup, shuddered from head to foot and said she would not go out ever again.
Monsieur No, no. I am kind-hearted, but I should reproach myself Will you have your walking-stick, dear? Monsieur I don't care. How much do you want of that abomination a franc's worth, thirty sous' worth, a louis' worth? Madame You know very well that I would not make an abuse of it-only a sou's worth. I have some sous for mass; here, take one. Adieu, Alfred; be quick; be quick!
But even had he complied with these entreaties, from precedents in similar cases, it is almost certain that not a sou's worth of satisfaction would have been received. I know not in what frigate you sail now, old Ushant; but Heaven protect your storied old beard, in whatever Typhoon it may blow.
Monsieur No, no. I am kind-hearted, but I should reproach myself Will you have your walking-stick, dear? Monsieur I don't care. How much do you want of that abomination a franc's worth, thirty sous' worth, a louis' worth? Madame You know very well that I would not make an abuse of it-only a sou's worth. I have some sous for mass; here, take one. Adieu, Alfred; be quick; be quick!
And so the little girl who had come in for the sou's worth of coffee received an honest measure, smoking hot out of a dipper and into the bottle she had brought. In payment Madame Vinet kissed the child, and added a lump of sugar to the bargain. From where I sat I could see the tears start in the good woman's eyes. The next moment she came back to us laughing to disguise them.
Poor little girl, she did not know the difference between real money and false, and although she thought this sou looked real, she was very nervous when she entered the first baker shop that she came across. "Will you cut me a sou's worth of bread?" she asked, timidly. The man behind the counter took from the basket a little penny roll and handed it to her.
Monsieur No, no. I am kind-hearted, but I should reproach myself Will you have your walking-stick, dear? Monsieur I don't care. How much do you want of that abomination a franc's worth, thirty sous' worth, a louis' worth? Madame You know very well that I would not make an abuse of it-only a sou's worth. I have some sous for mass; here, take one. Adieu, Alfred; be quick; be quick!
And she went back to her spotless kitchen for a sou's worth of black coffee for a little girl who had just entered. Big, strong, hearty Madame Vinet! She has the frankness of a man and the tenderness of a mother.
From end to end of this street, formerly the Grand'Rue de Saumur, the words: "Here's golden weather," are passed from door to door; or each man calls to his neighbor: "It rains louis," knowing well what a sunbeam or the opportune rainfall is bringing him. On Saturdays after midday, in the fine season, not one sou's worth of merchandise can be bought from these worthy traders.
I will go into your dressing-room to get your things, and you will put your boots on before the fire comfortably . . . to please me, Alfred, my love, my life. I would give my little finger to have . . . Monsieur To have what, hang it all, what, what, what? Had not you guessed it? Monsieur But it is madness, delirium, fol Madame I said paste, dearest; only a sou's worth, wrapped in strong paper.
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