"We will go back to the Grotto at once, eh ?" said M.
Vigneron.
Indeed, "To the Grotto! To the Grotto!" were well-nigh the only words you now heard.

The full mouths were eagerly masticating and swallowing, in order that they might repeat prayers and hymns again with all speed.
"Well, as we have the whole afternoon before us," declared M.de Guersaint, "I suggest that we should visit the town a little.

I want to see also if I can get a conveyance for my excursion, as my daughter so particularly wishes me to make it." Pierre, who was stifling, was glad indeed to leave the dining-room.

In the porch he was able to breathe again, though even there he found a torrent of customers, new arrivals who were waiting for places.

No sooner did one of the little tables become vacant than its possession was eagerly contested, whilst the smallest gap at the _table d'hote_ was instantly filled up.