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At about four o'clock on the afternoon of the following day Lisa betook herself to Saint Eustache. For the short walk across the square she had arrayed herself very seriously in a black silk gown and thick woollen shawl. The handsome Norman, who, from her stall in the fish market, watched her till she vanished into the church porch, was quite amazed.
"Hallo! So the fat thing's gone in for priests now, has she? " she exclaimed, with a sneer. "Well, a little holy water may do her good!"