21/88 The women were the most implacable. The woman who had charge of the gowns, a verbose old wife, on a familiar footing with the illustrious lawyers, had rudely made known their opinions. If she were a poor woman with children and needed to earn their bread, they would have shot her long ago.... But she is an elegant _cocotte_ and with jewels. We are going to see her on the street now almost any day.... |