“Pray don’t forget,” answered Papa Bouchard, while his mouth came open as if it were on hinges. “Remember—it is to have all the combined features of a lark, a bat, a jag and a jamboree. And Pierre, my man, we won’t go back to the Rue Clarisse!”
“No!” shrieked Pierre, capering in an ecstasy of delight, “we won’t go back to the Rue Clarisse!”
And Pierrot yelled as if inspired, “We won’t go back to the Rue Clarisse! We’re free! we’re free! Gay dogs are we!”
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES:
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Inconsistencies in hyphenation have been standardized.
Archaic or variant spelling has been retained.
In Chapter III, in the paragraph beginning on page [239] that begins with “But Monsieur Bouchard” there appears to be a missing word after the word “vainly.” The transcriber believes that the missing word was “trying,” but research was not able to confirm this. There are no other contemporaneous editions for comparison.