Madame Homais knew something of it, having still upon her chest the marks left by a basin full of soup that a cook had formerly dropped on her pinafore, and her good parents took no end of trouble for her.
A kések soha se voltak kiélesítve; a padlót soha se fényesítették ki viaszszal. Az ablakokon vasrácsok voltak s minden párkányon hatalmas korlát.