At the entrance to the alley, Rodolph and Rigolette encountered Anastasie returning from market with a huge basket of provisions.
"That's right! That's right!" cried the porteress, looking at the pair with a knowing and significant air; "there you go, arm in arm already. To be sure, look and love, love and look. Young people will be young people, no doubt on't. Me and Alfred was just the same. Whoever heard of a pretty girl without a beau? So, go along, my dears, and make yourselves happy while you can." Then, after gazing after them some minutes, the old woman disappeared in the depths of the alley, crying out, "Alfred, my old darling! Don't worry yourself; 'Stasie's coming to bring you something nice,—oh, so nice!"
END OF VOLUME II.
Transcriber's Notes:
This e-text was prepared from numbered edition 505 of the 1000 printed.
In the original text the title "The Mysteries of Paris" is printed in Bold Gothic Font.
Minor punctuation and capitalization corrections have been made without comment.
Minor typographical errors of single words, otherwise spelled correctly throughout the text have been made without comment.
Word Variations appearing in the original text which have been retained:
"box-wood" and "boxwood"
"court-yard" and "courtyard"
"dairy-maid" and "dairymaid"
"incumber" and "encumber"
"milk-woman" and "milkwoman"
"out-building" and "outbuilding"
"Saint-Remy" (16) and "Saint-Rémy" (6)
"stew-pan" and "stewpan"