When they were voting for Eugene Sue the other day, he was acting almost crazy.

He has very likely spent the night with some friends blackguarding crapulous Bonaparte." "No, no," she murmured with an effort.

"You don't think that.

I know where Lantier is.

You see, we have our little troubles like the rest of the world!" Coupeau winked his eye, to indicate he was not a dupe of this falsehood; and he went off, after offering to fetch her milk, if she did not care to go out: she was a good and courageous woman, and might count upon him on any day of trouble.
As soon as he was gone, Gervaise again returned to the window.