The total is four hundred thousand francs!" "Are you sure ?" "As one can be who has had that amount, and has it no longer." "Four hundred thousand francs, only fancy! Are there no centimes ?" "No." "Then, my dear friend, if I make up my bill, you will still owe me something." The entrance of the maid with the tea-tray interrupted this amorous duet, of which Noel had experienced more than one repetition.

The advocate held his tongue on account of the servant.

Juliette did the same on account of her lover, for she had no secrets from Charlotte, who had been with her three years, and with whom she had shared everything, sometimes even her lovers.
Madame Juliette Chaffour was a Parisienne.

She was born about 1839, somewhere in the upper end of the Faubourg Montmarte.

Her father was unknown.