Here you get a painless wedding!" "Yes, it's a quick job," Lorilleux smirked.

"In five minutes you're tied together for the rest of your life.

You poor Young Cassis, you've had it." The four witnesses whacked Coupeau on the shoulders as he arched his back against the friendly blows.

Meanwhile Gervaise was hugging and kissing mother Coupeau, her eyes moist, a smile lighting her face.

She replied reassuringly to the old woman's sobbing: "Don't worry, I'll do my best.