Once even he did not take the trouble to go far; he treated himself, My-Boots and three others to a regular feast--snails, roast meat, and some sealed bottles of wine--at the "Capuchin," on the Barriere de la Chapelle.
Then, as his forty sous were not sufficient, he had sent the waiter to his wife with the bill and the information that he was in pawn.

She laughed and shrugged her shoulders.

Where was the harm if her old man amused himself a bit?
You must give men a long rein if you want to live peaceably at home.

From one word to another, one soon arrived at blows.
_Mon Dieu_! It was easy to understand.

Coupeau still suffered from his leg; besides, he was led astray.