I'll bet a louis on Nana." "Bravo! I bet a couple," said Georges.
"And I three," added Philippe.
And they mounted up and up, bidding against one another good-humoredly and naming prices as though they had been haggling over Nana at an auction.

La Faloise said he would cover her with gold.

Besides, everybody was to be made to back her; they would go and pick up backers.
But as the three young men were darting off to propagandize, Nana shouted after them: "You know I don't want to have anything to do with her; I don't for the world! Georges, ten louis on Lusignan and five on Valerio II." Meanwhile they had started fairly off, and she watched them gaily as they slipped between wheels, ducked under horses' heads and scoured the whole field.

The moment they recognized anyone in a carriage they rushed up and urged Nana's claims.

And there were great bursts of laughter among the crowd when sometimes they turned back, triumphantly signaling amounts with their fingers, while the young woman stood and waved her sunshade.