Had anyone ever seen such a miserly fellow?
To think that they were going to walk off with two or three grains of his gold dust! All the fuss they made was from pure avarice.

His sister thought perhaps that he would never marry, so as to enable her to economize four sous on her dinner every day.

However, it would take place all the same on July 29.

He did not care a hang for them! Nevertheless, Gervaise still felt depressed.

Tormented by a foolish fearfulness, she peered anxiously into every dark shadow along the stair-rail as she descended.