Brr! it's rather
chilly. And I'll eat a piece out o' Hades if it ain't re-raining again."
"Monsieur, boo-hoo--we--ain't had nothin' to eat--since--morning."
"Well, now don't bawl about that. Let me see--oh, here's a shop. Shovel
in here.
"Boy, give us five centimes worth o' bread."
"For how many?"
"Well, there seem to be two uv 'em.
"Here--now take that--brat senior, and you take that, brat junior--now
grub away. Ram that into your muzzle. Don't you understand? Well,
classically speaking--eat. Well, I thought ye knew how to do that.
[Whistles Marseillaise until they have finished, then stops suddenly and
says to the boy behind the counter.]--Say, ain't them two nice specimens
to be bawlin' jes' 'cause they ain't got no home?
"Hey there, are ye through? Well, shovel out, then. We've got to hurry
or the elephant will have closed down his ears. Hey there, Montparnasse!
See my two kids?"
"Well, where did you get them, Gavroche?"
"Oh, a gentleman made me a present of 'em, down the street--say, they've
got hides like linseed plasters, hain't they?"
"Where are you taking them, Gavroche?"
"To my lodging--the Elephant.
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