Medicis nudged me with his elbow; a look from him completed the business.

He meant, 'share the profits of the sale, and I will bid against him.' We ran it up to thirty francs.

I gave the Jew fifteen, and here are the rest.

Now our guests may come; we are in a position to dazzle them.

Hallo! You have got a swallow-tail!" "Yes," said Rodolphe, "Colline's swallow-tail." And as he was feeling for his handkerchief, Rodolphe pulled out a small volume in a Tartar dialect, overlooked in the foreign literature pocket.
The two friends at once proceeded to make their preparations.