Even Death seemed to have neglected him.

Whenever Gervaise had any bread she gave him the crusts.

Even when she hated all men because of her husband, she still felt sincerely sorry for Pere Bru, the poor old man.

They were letting him starve to death because he could no longer hold tools in his hand.
The laundress also suffered a great deal from the close neighborhood of Bazouge, the undertaker's helper.

A simple partition, and a very thin one, separated the two rooms.