"I am at the end of my finances," pursued the doctor; and it would really be a pity that the house should not have a roof; not on account of the house, which is simple and thoroughly bourgeois, but because of the paintings of Jehan Fourbault, which adorn its wainscoating.
– Je suis au bout de ma finance, poursuivit le docteur, et il serait vraiment dommage que la maison n’eût pas de toit. Non pour la maison, qui est simple et toute bourgeoise, mais pour les peintures de Jehan Fourbault, qui en égaient le lambris.