As to the Pierrons, they always had money; but in order to appear as needy as the others, for fear of loans, they got their supplies on credit from Maigrat, who would have thrown his shop at Pierronne if she had held out her petticoat to him.
Quant aux Pierron, ils avaient toujours de l'argent; mais, pour paraître aussi affamés que les autres, dans la crainte des emprunts, ils se fournissaient a crédit chez Maigrat, qui aurait jeté son magasin a la Pierronne, si elle avait tendu sa jupe.