"Agreed to!... Be quick about it!... Adieu!"
VIII
A SINGER OF THE HALLS.
"Nichoune!... Nichoune!... Nichoune!"
"Be off with you, Léonce! To the door!"
It was a regular hubbub! An uproar! It increased!
Léonce the comedian had to cut short his monologue!
The little concert-hall at Châlons was at its liveliest. There was not a single seat to be had. It was a mixed audience of soldiers and civilians, and the uniform did not fraternise too well with the garb of the working-man!