He heated sous in the frying pan, then placed them on a corner of the mantle-piece; and he called Lalie, and told her to fetch a couple of pounds of bread.

The child took up the sous unsuspectingly, uttered a cry and threw them on the ground, shaking her burnt hand.

Then he flew into a fury.

Who had saddled him with such a piece of carrion?
She lost the money now! And he threatened to beat her to a jelly if she did not pick the sous up at once.

When the child hesitated she received the first warning, a clout of such force that it made her see thirty-six candles.