When Virginie mentioned that she hadn't eaten for two days in order to have more room for today's feast, tall Clemence said that she had cleaned herself out that morning with an enema like the English do.

Then Boche suggested a way of digesting the food quickly by squeezing oneself after each course, another English custom.

After all, when you were invited to dinner, wasn't it polite to eat as much as you could?
Veal and pork and goose are placed out for the cats to eat.

The hostess didn't need to worry a bit, they were going to clean their plates so thoroughly that she wouldn't have to wash them.
All of them kept coming to smell the air above the saucepans and the roaster.

The ladies began to act like young girls, scurrying from room to room and pushing each other.
Just as they were all jumping about and shouting by way of amusement, Goujet appeared.