He would rather that she got change, so as to leave her some of it.

But he decided to slip it into his waistcoat pocket, when he noticed a small piece of ham wrapped up in paper, and the remains of a loaf on the chest of drawers.
"I didn't dare go to the milkwoman's, because we owe her a week," explained Gervaise.

"But I shall be back early; you can get some bread and some chops whilst I'm away, and then we'll have lunch.

Bring also a bottle of wine." He did not say no.

Their quarrel seemed to be forgotten.