"I'm sure that it's at least twenty degrees below freezing!"

The Great Oaks

Chinese patrol, warriors often taking too literally their orders to watch by light the march of the enemy.

...and I will presently be hurled in a heap, from the summit of the North Tower! ... All this, Sirs, refers to my virtue., p. 45.

"How much is your hare, friend?" "Oh sir, for a hunter, it is worth 8 francs!"

The Restaurant at the Exposition

Mes locataires du cintième, eux, mariés? . . . comme les hannetons

"Yes ma'am, those creatures there all come from the botanical garden..."

Portfolio Case

The Tightrope Walker

Beggar Family

The Frock Seller

I owe him one thousand écus . . .