In a short while mirth had reached its last limit, and the words that seem funny to a certain class of people, words that degrade the mouth that utters them, were heard from time to time, amidst the applause of Nanine, of Prudence, and of Marguerite.
Au bout de quelques instants, la gaieté était descendue aux dernières limites, et ces mots qu'un certain monde trouve plaisants et qui salissent toujours la bouche qui les dit éclataient de temps à autre, aux grandes acclamations de Nanine, de Prudence et de Marguerite.