NEWS 471: － What,... is it really possible!... there'll soon be beef for next to nothing and veal into a bargain!... － So they say, misis Gobinard,.... and they say!..

THESE GOOD PARISIANS 13: THE PARISIAN － Tell me, worthy fellow, what do you do with all your cows when they become old and no longer give milk?... THE COW-HERD － Look here,... the tomfoolery.. you make beef out of them!..

TRIVIAL THINGS 1: Eleven degrees centigrade! what a bad turn it gives you! and they call this a year of mercy!

The Blue-stockings 5: I say, Bichette... What are you thinking of..

SKETCHES OF EXPRESSIONS 17: Mistah Guguste and my mummy they wanted to go bye-byes, they were tired and..and...and what they said to me was...go and play in the garden, and I... and I...didn't make any noise and I played

SKETCHES OF EXPRESSIONS 17: Mistah Guguste and my mummy they wanted to go bye-byes, they were tired and..and...and what they said to me was...go and play in the garden, and I... and I...didn't make any noise and I played

NEWS 177: －What the Devil are they doing up above!

AT MANTUA / －What...... here they come to attack us even in this place!!... but what use are strongholds, if you're not secure?.....

NEWS 145: He looks terrifying for nothing... and probably even the sparrows won't be frightened of him!..

TRIVIAL THINGS 5: Oh,what the devvvvvil!... lady we'd such a good time they was eighteen on us, they was no men nor women, we was all from the Auvergne what the devvvvvvvvil!!!!!..

TRIVIAL THINGS 5: Oh,what the devvvvvil!... lady we'd such a good time they was eighteen on us, they was no men nor women, we was all from the Auvergne what the devvvvvvvvil!!!!!..

SKETCHES OF SUMMER 3: －I would really like to know what sort of joker [it was] who was the first to say that man was the king of creation

TENANTS AND LANDLOADS 7: －It seems to me that your house should make good earnings... －I really think so... I've made two BASEMENTS... and if by chance one of these lodging falls vacant, I'll grow mushrooms there

THRILLS OF THE HUNT 13: －It's no use their having told me their guns are charged only with small shot, it's no less deeply upsetting to have my head aimed at like this for the next three hours!... I tremble in case they dream they meet a rabbit!..

The Good Bourgeois 20: －It appears they have just seen the sea serpent again in the Indian Ocean! －Is that possible, for goodness sake! －Certainly it's possible, for goodness sake, because I told you that it says so in le Constitutionnel! so!..

The Good Bourgeois 20: －It appears they have just seen the sea serpent again in the Indian Ocean! －Is that possible, for goodness sake! －Certainly it's possible, for goodness sake, because I told you that it says so in le Constitutionnel! so!..

Bathers 18: I say, Papa Drouillet, with that spread..

Bathers 18: I say, Papa Drouillet, with that spread..

PL.9 In the Kitchen [from "And They Called It Hanka (Envoi)"]

SKETCHES OF SUMMER 6: THEATRES IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST. They dream that the auditorium is full to the brim and that they argue over programmes and small seats..., let's not wake them!..

Strangers in Paris 4: Some slight purchases: Oh!...the beautiful shawls... would you buy me one, dear?... －What!... why didn't you say straightaway that you wanted everything, and we could have started by simply buying up the whole la Ville de Paris shop!..

Parisians 6: Well yes! As I say..

NEWS 40: WINTER'S DEPARTURE －What, are you already thinking of leaving us?... you[,] our best ally!..

Parisian Emotions 1: Aren't they dreary!... see how they make off!... what it is not to live in property!!!... My little loves, when you come by again we should warn you, we'll burn pastilles from the Seraglio for you..

Pl.6 On Aging [from "And They Called It Hanka (Envoi)"]