Paris herself again in 1878-9 . pudding with plums in it known as SpottedCorey. Not Spotted Duff, mind you ; that is quite anothereidos of the pudding species. Amateurs consider it all the moredelicious for a soupqon of pork-gravy, and the most lumpingpennyworth of the dainty is to be obtained at a shop in Long grisette took a tidy modicum of wine, largely diluted withwater, at her breakfast and her dinner—a teetotal Frenchman orFrenchwoman would be regarded as next door to a lunatic ; but inthose drfys very decent ordinaire, either of Bordeaux or Burgundy,was to be had, costing ten s
Paris herself again in 1878-9 . pudding with plums in it known as SpottedCorey. Not Spotted Duff, mind you ; that is quite anothereidos of the pudding species. Amateurs consider it all the moredelicious for a soupqon of pork-gravy, and the most lumpingpennyworth of the dainty is to be obtained at a shop in Long grisette took a tidy modicum of wine, largely diluted withwater, at her breakfast and her dinner—a teetotal Frenchman orFrenchwoman would be regarded as next door to a lunatic ; but inthose drfys very decent ordinaire, either of Bordeaux or Burgundy,was to be had, costing ten sous the litre—a quantity slightly underan imperial quart. At present a litre of the vilest petit bleu cannotbe obtained at the marchands de tins for less than sixteen sous. THE GHOST OF THE GRISETTE. Formerly outside the octroi barriers quite drinkable wine was tobe had for four sous the quart; and the halcyon time of cheapnessis commemorated in a song beginning,. Pour eviter la rage De la femme clout je snis lepoux,Je trouve clans le vin a quat sons Lesperance du , venez, sages et fous,Venez, venez, Loire; avec nous Le vin a quat sous. ? ! TAIUS HERSELF AGAIN. The song is sung no longer, and the guingettes where the wine atfour sous used to be sold have been pulled down ; and the octroibarriers having been enlarged to give Paris more elbow-room,huge blocks of houses five stories high have been erected in theplace of the humble but joyous little taverns where, on Sundaysand fete-days, the grisettes and their sweethearts came to enjoythemselves, and to dance to such strains as those discoursed bythe king of itinerant fiddlers, the Mcnetrier de Mention. Plea-sant little guingettes. You fancied that the bonny buxom hostesssitting behind the counter was Madame Gregoire ; that it wasthe Petit Homme Gris who had just ordpred another chojnne ;and that it was the Gros Eoger Bontemps who was playing attonneaux in the garden with Lisette.
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