For myself, I don't want to have any unpleasantness.
Had he brought us the lowest of the low, I should merely have said: 'Marry her and go to blazes!' He was not badly off though, here with us.

He's fat enough; one can very well see he didn't fast much; and he always found his soup hot right on time.

I say, Lorilleux, don't you think madame's like Therese--you know who I mean, that woman who used to live opposite, and who died of consumption ?" "Yes, there's a certain resemblance," replied the chainmaker.
"And you've got two children, madame?
Now, I must admit I said to my brother: 'I can't understand how you can want to marry a woman who's got two children.' You mustn't be offended if I consult his interests; its only natural.

You don't look strong either.

Don't you think, Lorilleux, that madame doesn't look very strong ?" "No, no, she's not strong." They did not mention her leg; but Gervaise understood by their side glances, and the curling of their lips, that they were alluding to it.
She stood before them, wrapped in her thin shawl with the yellow palms, replying in monosyllables, as though in the presence of her judges.
Coupeau, seeing she was suffering, ended by exclaiming: "All that's nothing to do with it.