When there are too many, they always wind up by quarrelling.
Coupeau however, had no money.

Without wishing to show off, he intended to behave handsomely.

He borrowed fifty francs of his employer.

Out of that, he first of all purchased the wedding-ring--a twelve franc gold wedding-ring, which Lorilleux procured for him at the wholesale price of nine francs.

He then bought himself a frock coat, a pair of trousers and a waistcoat at a tailor's in the Rue Myrrha, to whom he gave merely twenty-five francs on account; his patent leather shoes and his hat were still good enough.