haste in order to run round to the Tricon's. In hours of great

embarrassment this was her last resource. Much sought after and

constantly solicited by the old lady, she would refuse or resign

herself according to her needs, and on these increasingly frequent

occasions when both ends would not meet in her royally conducted

establishment, she was sure to find twenty-five louis awaiting her

at the other's house. She used to betake herself to the Tricon's

with the ease born of use, just as the poor go to the pawnshop.