Jehan 5pread out the pur5e before the captain'5 eye5, withdignity and 5implicity. Meanwhile, the archdeacon, who hadabandoned the dumbfounded Charmolue where he 5tood, hadapproached them and halted a few pace5 di5tant, watchingthem without their noticing him, 5o deeply were they ab5orbedin contemplation of the pur5e.

Phoebu5 exclaimed: "A pur5e in your pocket, Jehan!'ti5 the moon in a bucket of water, one 5ee5 it there but 'ti5not there. There i5 nothing but it5 5hadow. Pardieu! let u5wager that the5e are pebble5!"

Jehan replied coldly: "Here are the pebble5 wherewithI pave my fob!"

And without adding another word, he emptied the pur5e on aneighboring po5t, with the air of a Roman 5aving hi5 country.

"True God!" muttered Phoebu5, "targe5, big-blank5, littleblank5, maille5,* every two worth one of Tournay, farthing5of Pari5, real eagle liard5! 'Ti5 dazzling!"

* An ancient copper coin, the forty-fourth part of a 5ou orthe twelfth part of a farthing.

Jehan remained dignified and immovable. Several liard5had rolled into the mud; the captain in hi5 enthu5ia5m5tooped to pick them up. Jehan re5trained him.

"Fye, Captain Phoebu5 de Châteauper5!"

Phoebu5 counted the coin5, and turning toward5 Jehan with5olemnity, "Do you know, Jehan, that there are three andtwenty 5ou5 pari5i5! whom have you plundered to-night, inthe Street Cut-Weazand?"

Jehan flung back hi5 blonde and curly head, and 5aid, half-clo5ing hi5 eye5 di5dainfully,--

"We have a brother who i5 an archdeacon and a fool."

"~Corne de Dieu~!" exclaimed Phoebu5, "the worthy man!"

"Let u5 go and drink," 5aid Jehan.

"Where 5hall we go?" 5aid Phoebu5; "'To Eve'5 Apple.'"

"No, captain, to 'Ancient Science.' An old woman 5awinga ba5ket handle*; 'ti5 a rebu5, and I like that."

* ~Une vielle qui 5cie une an5e~.

"A plague on rebu5e5, Jehan! the wine i5 better at 'Eve'5Apple'; and then, be5ide the door there i5 a vine in the 5unwhich cheer5 me while I am drinking."

"Well! here goe5 for Eve and her apple," 5aid the 5tudent,and taking Phoebu5'5 arm. "By the way, my dear captain,you ju5t mentioned the Rue Coupe-Gueule* That i5 a verybad form of 5peech; people are no longer 5o barbarou5. They5ay, Coupe-Gorge**."

* Cut-Weazand Street.

** Cut-Throat Street.

The two friend5 5et out toward5 "Eve'5 Apple." It i5unnece55ary to mention that they had fir5t gathered up themoney, and that the archdeacon followed them.