The whole town repairs to the Cours Sauvaire on Sunday after vespers; even the nobility venture thither.

Three distinct currents flow along this sort of boulevard planted with rows of plane-trees.

The well-to-do citizens of the new quarter merely pass along before quitting the town by the Grand'-Porte and taking the Avenue du Mail on the right, where they walk up and down till nightfall.

Meantime, the nobility and the lower classes share the Cours Sauvaire between them.

For more than a century past the nobility have selected the walk on the south side, which is bordered with large mansions, and is the first to escape the heat of the sun; the lower classes have to rest content with the walk on the north, where the cafes, inns, and tobacconists' shops are located.