But she did not listen to him and rapidly descended the stairs. When they were in the street they did not find a carriage; and began to look for one, shouting after the cabmen whom they saw passing by at a distance.
They went toward the Seine, in despair, shivering with cold. At last they found on the quay one of those ancient noctambulant coupe’s which, exactly as if they ashamed to show their misery during the day, are never seen round Paris until after nightfall