It worried me.

Well! Lantier has disappeared from Francois's." "You didn't meet him outside ?" asked the laundress.
"No, I walked quickly, not as if I was looking for him." But Virginie raised her eyes, interrupted herself and heaved a smothered sigh.
"Ah! _Mon Dieu!_ He's there, on the pavement opposite; he's looking this way." Gervaise, quite beside herself, ventured to glance in the direction indicated.

Some persons had collected in the street to hear the party sing.

And Lantier was indeed there in the front row, listening and coolly looking on.

It was rare cheek, everything considered.