8/8 For the use of the things we have borrowed from you we shall leave in the pocket of your coat twenty francs for every hour, and an extra twenty francs as a _pourboire_; don't forget to look for it! To-morrow at eleven o'clock a girl will fetch milk; she will release you, and you can tell her what a singular dream you had! If you can't go to sleep, just repeat the multiplication table. I always do when I can't sleep, and I never have to go beyond seven times seven. Good night, citizen!" The door of the adjoining room opened, and the woman appeared, leading by the hand a pretty little boy. Then the woman and the little boy entered the coach, the two men took seats on the box, and the coach rolled away.. |