"Oh, yes! we all know what that means! He frequents Rue Fromenteau, Rue Tire-Boudin, Rue Brisemiche, Rue du Hurleur, Rue de la Vieille-Bouclerie."
"Peste! La Valteline, you seem to know perfectly where all the wantons' houses are; for you mention all the streets to which girls who are mad over their bodies, as they are called, are obliged to confine themselves."
"One must needs know his Paris, messieurs."
"Yes; especially when one desires to meet golden girdles."
"Oh! messeigneurs, the edict of King Louis VIII has long been forgotten, and those damsels no longer comply with it; so that the proverb: 'A good reputation is worth more than a golden girdle' has no meaning now."
"I say, messieurs, it must be very late."
"You mean that it must be very early in the morning!"
"About three o'clock, I fancy."
"Oh! more than that; it is four o'clock at least; I am sure that the dawn will soon be here."
"Do we propose to finish the night in this place?"