But from what I have seen at Nantes, I think that it is generally the women who look after the shops and mind the businesses.

However, though she speaks sharply, I should say that she is a kind-hearted woman.
However, we may be very thankful that we have obtained a shelter where we can live, safely and quietly, until we have fixed on our plans for the future." But although Monsieur Tourrier was, in all matters connected with the business, but as a child in the hands of his wife, he was far better acquainted with what was passing around them; and when Leigh mentioned to him that he intended to ride out to Versailles, he at once warned him against doing so.
"My dear monsieur," he said, "I know nothing of the state of things at Arthenay, and for aught I know people may go out riding for pleasure there; but it would be little short of madness to attempt such a thing here.

At present things have got to such a state that for any man to seem richer than another is, in itself, a crime.
Here all must be on an equality.

Were you to ride out, every man you pass would look askance at you.

At the first village through which you rode you would be arrested, and to be arrested at present is to be condemned.