Just then Coupeau stood up to make the drunkard's sign of the cross.

Touching his head he pronounced Montpernasse, then Menilmonte as he brought his hand to his right shoulder, Bagnolet giving himself a blow in the chest, and wound up by saying stewed rabbit three times as he hit himself in the pit of the stomach.

Then the hatter took advantage of the clamor which greeted the performance of this feat and quietly made for the door.

His comrades did not even notice his departure.

He had already had a pretty good dose.
But once outside he shook himself and regained his self-possession; and he quietly made for the shop, where he told Gervaise that Coupeau was with some friends.
Two days passed by.