The three grisettes, however, kept up an incessant fire of small talk and squabble.
"I was on this very line last Sunday," said one.

"I went with Julie to Asnieres, and we were so gay! I wonder if it will be very gay at Courbevoie." "_Je m'en doute_," replied another, whom they called Lolotte.

"I came to one of the Courbevoie fetes last spring, and it was not gay at all.

But then, to be sure, I was with Edouard, and he is as dull as the first day in Lent.

Where were you last Sunday, Adele ?" "I did not go beyond the barriers.