There was a policeman in the procession.
There is one in almost all the bridal processions one sees in the park on Saturdays.

Don't they move you, my friend, all these poor, ridiculous, miserable beings who contribute to the grandeur of the past ?" Among cups decorated with flowers she discovered a little knife, the ivory handle of which represented a tall, thin woman with her hair arranged a la Maintenon.

She bought it for a few sous.

It pleased her, because she already had a fork like it.

Le Menil confessed that he had no taste for such things, but said that his aunt knew a great deal about them.