Thereupon Madame Lerat was so frightened that she declared she no longer felt able to handle the matter and she told the whole business to her brother.

Then came another row.

There were some pretty rumpuses in the Coupeaus' room.
To begin with, the zinc-worker gave Nana a hiding.

What was that he learnt?
The hussy was flirting with old men.

All right.