I have followed the cabs times without number, and have watched the goings on of these fine ladies and gentlemen; only I was working for others, like the dog that catches the hare, and never has a bit of it to eat.

No, all I got was dry bread, with a kick or a cuff for dessert.

I sha'n't put up with it any longer, and have made up my mind to open on my own account." "And who has been employing you ?" A flash of sense passed through Chupin's muddled brain.

He had never wished to injure Mascarin, but merely to increase his own importance by extolling the greatness of his employer.
"I worked for people who have no equal in Paris," said he proudly.

"They don't mince matters either, I can tell you; and they have more money than you could count in six months.