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Having purchased a few small articles of grocery, and a measure

of oil for the lamp, Miss Pross bethought herself of the wine

they wanted. After peeping into several wine-shops, she stopped

at the sign of the Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity, not far

from the National Palace, once (and twice) the Tuileries, where

the aspect of things rather took her fancy. It had a quieter look

than any other place of the same description they had passed,

and, though red with patriotic caps, was not so red as the rest.

Sounding Mr. Cruncher, and finding him of her opinion, Miss Pross

resorted to the Good Republican Brutus of Antiquity, attended by

her cavalier.