Then the two of them fell to making calculations on a piece of paper: in all, it would amount to about ninety francs, because they decided, after a long discussion, to have a hearse ornamented with a narrow scallop.
"We're three," concluded the laundress.

"We'll give thirty francs each.
It won't ruin us." But Madame Lorilleux broke out in a fury.
"Well! I refuse, yes, I refuse! It's not for the thirty francs.

I'd give a hundred thousand, if I had them, and if it would bring mamma to life again.

Only, I don't like vain people.

You've got a shop, you only dream of showing off before the neighborhood.