A DINNER FOR FIVE Sous. 



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partridge, the remnants of an omelette, the tail of a fried 

 sole, two ribs of a jugged hare, a spoonful of haricot beans, 

 a scrap of filet, a cut pear, a handful of salad, a slice of 

 tomato, and a dab of jelly, all to be had for five sous, or 

 twopence-halfpenny ! 



The purchasers are, not the cheap eating-houses, as has 

 been supposed, but the "quiet poor," people who are 

 ashamed to beg, and but for the merciful cheapness of 

 these appetising scraps would not taste meat from one 

 month's end to- another. 



Fig. 56. THE HALLES CENTRALES, PARIS. 



