However, by making an outlay of six francs we can have the works of Monsieur Jean-Baptiste Say, a very distinguished economist, who will perhaps teach us how to practice the art.

Hallo! You have a Turkish pipe there!" "Yes, I bought it for twenty-five francs." "How is that! You talk of economy, and give twenty-five francs for a pipe!" "And this is an economy.

I used to break a two-sous pipe every day, and at the end of the year that came to a great deal more." "True, I should never have thought of that." They heard a neighboring clock strike six.
"Let us have dinner at once," said Rodolphe.

"I mean to begin from tonight.

Talking of dinner, it occurs to me that we lose much valuable time every day in cooking ours; now time is money, so we must economize it.