She would not go a foot with them, clung to the furniture and banisters, so they just took her up by the head and feet, and carried her down to a cab that was standing at the door.

I seem to bring ill luck wherever I go, for this is the fourth mistress I have seen taken off in this way; but come, you are taking nothing at all." But Tantaine had had enough, and making an excuse, retired from a debauch which he saw would continue as long as the wine held out.
"All is going well," muttered he, as he climbed into the cab; "and now for the next one." He drove straight to the house that the elder Gandelu was building in the Champs Elysees, and putting his head out of the window, he accosted a light, active young fellow who was warning the foot passengers not to pass under the scaffolding.
"Anything new, La Cordille ?" enquired the old man.
"No, nothing; but tell the master I am keeping a good watch." From there Tantaine visited a footman in De Breulh's employment, and a woman in the service of Madame de Bois Arden.

Then, paying his fare, he started on foot for Father Canon's wine shop, in the Rue St.Honore, where he met Florestan, who was as saucy and supercilious to Tantaine as he was obsequious to Mascarin.

But although he paid for Florestan's dinner, all that he could extort from him was, that Sabine was terribly depressed.

It was fully eight o'clock before Tantaine had got rid of Florestan, and hailing another cab, he ordered the driver to take him to the Grand Turk, in the Rue des Poissonniers.
The magnificent sign of the Grand Turk dances in the breeze, and invites such youths as Toto Chupin and his companions.