His aspect bespeaks perfect complacency--Fate cannot harm me; I have dined today." To Mr.Rideing we are indebted for certain items indicating the very moderate scale of prices at the Restaurant du Grand Vatel.

Outside there was a sign that read: _"Tous les plats,_ eight cents; _plats extra varies; cafe superieur,_ three cents; _cafe au lait,_ five cents." Here is a list of some of the dishes and their cost: Soup and a plate of beef and bread, ten cents; _soupe aux croutons_, five cents; _boeuf_, _legumes_, ten cents; _veau a la Marengo_, twelve cents; _mouton a Ravigotte_, ten cents; _ragout de mouton aux pommes_, eight cents; _boeuf braise aux oignons_, ten cents; _macaroni au gratin_, six cents; _celeri salade_, six cents; _compote de pommes_, four cents; _fromage Neufchatel_, three cents; _Limbourg_, four cents; _Gruyere_, three cents; bread, one cent.

Thus, Mr.Rideing figured out, the professor's dinner, wine included, cost him the sum of forty cents, and with five cents added for a roll and a cup of coffee in the morning, his daily expenditure for food was less than half a dollar.
The trails of Bohemia, or of pseudo-Bohemia, have never been so flaming and flagrant as they are today.

From that corner of the Avenue facing the Arch cross the Square diagonally to the head of Washington Place.

A hundred yards to the west lies the Lane of the Mad Eccentrics.