They were pleasant little excursions, sometimes to have some fried fish at Saint-Ouen, at others a rabbit at Vincennes, in the garden of some eating-house keeper without any grand display.

The men drank sufficient to quench their thirst, and returned home as right as nine-pins, giving their arms to the ladies.

In the evening before going to bed, the two families made up accounts and each paid half the expenses; and there was never the least quarrel about a sou more or less.
The Lorilleuxs became jealous of the Goujets.

It seemed strange to them to see Young Cassis and Clump-clump going places all the time with strangers instead of their own relations.

But, that's the way it was; some folks didn't care a bit about their family.