“Thirty sous, for a black hen of this breed! A splendid hen! Come, give me fifty sous.”
“No!”
“What a skinflint this Monsieur Jarnouillard is!—Come, forty sous, and call it a bargain.”
“I won’t give a sou more than thirty!”
“Oh well! if that’s so, give me back my hen this minute. Bless me! you want all for nothing, and even then you must make a profit; I ought to have known that I couldn’t do business with you.”
“Because I don’t allow myself to be taken in!”
“No, but you take other folks in!”
“Père Ledrux!”
“Monsieur Jarnouillard!”
“No harsh words, I beg.”