Then, as soon as the woman had left, she showed her temper.

Really, if you listened to all your customers, you'd never have time to eat.

You could work yourself to death like a dog on a leash! Well! No matter who came in to-day, even if they offered one hundred thousand francs, she wouldn't touch an iron on this Monday, because it was her turn to enjoy herself.
The entire morning was spent in completing the purchases.

Three times Gervaise went out and returned laden like a mule.

But just as she was going to order wine she noticed that she had not sufficient money left.
She could easily have got it on credit; only she could not be without money in the house, on account of the thousand little expenses that one is liable to forget.