"Exactly so; for a man is as much punished for five hundred francs as he is for fifteen thousand francs."
"Yes; only they retain the fifteen thousand francs, and, when they leave prison, this forms a little fund to start upon; and, as the swan of Cambrai sings:
'To get a jolly lot of "swag"
A cove must dip deep in the lucky-bag.'"
"I demand Chalamel's head!"
"Can't you talk sense for five minutes?"
"Ah, here's Jabulot! won't he be astonished?"
"What at, my boys? what at? Anything fresh about poor Louise?"
"You would have known, roving blade, if you had not been so long in your rounds."
"What, you think it is but a step from here to the Rue de Chaillot?"
"I never said so."