CHAPTER III.
HISTORY OF LA GOUALEUSE.
"Let us begin at the beginning," said the Chourineur.
"Yes; your parents?" added Rodolph.
"I never knew them," said Fleur-de-Marie.
"The deuce!" said the Chourineur. "Well, that is odd, Goualeuse! you and I are of the same family."
"What! you, too, Chourineur?"
"An orphan of the streets of Paris like you, my girl."