If mother Coupeau has left us nothing, it's no reason for pitching her into the ground like a dog.

No; we must have a mass, and a hearse with a few ornaments." "And who will pay for them ?" violently inquired Madame Lorilleux.

"Not we, who lost some money last week; and you either, as you're stumped.
Ah! you ought, however, to see where it has led you, this trying to impress people!" Coupeau, when consulted, mumbled something with a gesture of profound indifference, and then fell asleep again on his chair.

Madame Lerat said that she would pay her share.

She was of Gervaise's opinion, they should do things decently.