M.de Gandelu has not a sou of his own in the world, so a waiter at Potier's told me, and he knew what was what; but the governor is rolling in money.

Yesterday they had a house-warming--the dinner, with wine, cost over a thousand francs." Not seeing how to utilize any of this gossip, Mascarin made a gesture of dismissal, when the woman exclaimed,-- "Stop, sir, I have something to tell you." "Well," said Mascarin, throwing himself back in his chair with an air of affected impatience, "let us have it." "We had eight gents to dinner, all howling swells, but my master was the biggest masher of the lot.

Madame was the only woman at table.

Well, by ten o'clock, they had all had their whack of drink, and then they told the porter to keep the courtyard clear.

What do you think they did then?
Why, they threw plates, glasses, knives, forks, and dishes bang out of the window.