Gervaise did not want to have a wedding-party! What was the use of spending money?
Besides, she still felt somewhat ashamed; it seemed to her quite unnecessary to parade the marriage before the whole neighborhood.

But Coupeau cried out at that.

One could not be married without having a feed.

He did not care a button for the people of the neighborhood! Nothing elaborate, just a short walk and a rabbit ragout in the first eating-house they fancied.

No music with dessert.