"Eh! If they lent on children, it would be a fine riddance!" She went to the pawn-place, however.

When she returned at the end of half an hour, she laid a hundred sou piece on the mantel-shelf, and added the ticket to the others, between the two candlesticks.
"That's what they gave me," said she.

"I wanted six francs, but I couldn't manage it.

Oh! they'll never ruin themselves.

And there's always such a crowd there!" Lantier did not pick up the five franc piece directly.