Tell me Auguste, where have you been ?" "Where I had business, of course," he returned shrugging his shoulders.
"At eight o'clock, I was at La Glaciere, with my friend who is to start a hat factory.

We sat talking late, so I preferred to sleep there.

Now, you know, I don't like being spied upon, so just shut up!" The young woman recommenced sobbing.

The loud voices and the rough movements of Lantier, who upset the chairs, had awakened the children.
They sat up in bed, half naked, disentangling their hair with their tiny hands, and, hearing their mother weep, they uttered terrible screams, crying also with their scarcely open eyes.
"Ah! there's the music!" shouted Lantier furiously.

"I warn you, I'll take my hook! And it will be for good, this time.