She was touched; she felt that Coupeau was very honorable; for at one moment she had really thought it was all over, and that he would forget her.

The drunkard below, under the window, was now hoarsely uttering the plaintive cry of some lost animal.

The violin in the distance had left off its saucy tune and was now silent.
During the following days Coupeau sought to get Gervaise to call some evening on his sister in the Rue de la Goutte-d'Or; but the young woman, who was very timid, showed a great dread of this visit to the Lorilleux.
She knew that Coupeau had a lingering fear of that household, even though he certainly wasn't dependent on his sister, who wasn't even the oldest of the family.

Mamma Coupeau would certainly give her consent at once, as she never refused her only son anything.

The thing was that the Lorilleuxs were supposed to be earning ten francs a day or more and that gave them a certain authority.