Go to the deuce! Take your money, and never again will we set foot in your den!" "It's six francs more," repeated the landlord.

"Pay me my six francs; and with all that I haven't counted the four loaves that gentleman ate!" The whole party, pressing forward, surrounded him with furious gestures and a yelping of voices choking with rage.

The women especially threw aside all reserve, and refused to add another centime.

This was some wedding dinner! Mademoiselle Remanjou vowed she would never again attend such a party.

Madame Fauconnier declared she had had a very disappointing meal; at home she could have had a finger-licking dish for only two francs.