Part 31

Literally, red bowels--common slang for hard drinkers.

Cuir is an expression used to denote the error in speaking, which consists--in French--in pronouncing a t for an s, and vice versa at the end of words which are joined in pronunciation to the next word: e.g., il etai-z-a la campagne for il etait a la campagne.

In the slang vocabulary, to console one's coffee means to add brandy to it.

A negresse is a bottle of red wine, and, as applied to that article, morte (dead) means empty.

List of Illustrations

GERMINIE LACERTEUX

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GERMINIE AND JUPILLON VISIT THEIR CHILD Fronts.

JUPILLON AND GERMINIE AT THE FORTIFICATIONS 116

GERMINIE BRINGS MONEY FOR A SUBSTITUTE 204

GERMINIE TEMPTED TO MURDER 308

GERMINIE AT LARIBOISIERE 356