Ah! it's more than I can bear--more than I can bear." The Lorilleuxs, delighted at the idea that Clump-clump would no longer have a shop, approved the plan immensely.

One could hardly conceive the great cost a shop was.

If she only earned three francs working for others she at least had no expenses; she did not risk losing large sums of money.

They repeated this argument to Coupeau, urging him on; he drank a great deal and remained in a continuous fit of sensibility, weeping all day by himself in his plate.

As the laundress seemed to be allowing herself to be convinced, Lantier looked at the Poissons and winked.