Chapter X

Abstract

The Coupeaus’ new lodgings were on the sixth floor, staircase B. You went past Mademoiselle Remanjou’s and took the corridor on the left. Then you had to turn again. The first door was the Bijards’. Almost opposite, in a stuffy hole under a little staircase that led to the roof, slept Père Bru. Two doors further on you came to Bazouge’s. Finally, next to Bazouge, were the Coupeaus, with one room and a box room overlooking the yard. And a bit further on, down the corridor, there were only two more families before you reached the Lorilleux at the far end.