You might have kicked her, no matter where, she did not feel kicks for she had become too fat and flabby.

Lantier had altogether neglected her; he no longer escorted her or even bothered to give her a pinch now and again.

She did not seem to notice this finish of a long liaison slowly spun out, and ending in mutual insolence.

It was a chore the less for her.

Even Lantier's intimacy with Virginie left her quite calm, so great was her indifference now for all that she had been so upset about in the past.
She would even have held a candle for them now.
Everyone was aware that Virginie and Lantier were carrying on.