Summary Chapter 5
A wine cask has broken, and people are rushing to drink the spilled contents. Everyone is playful, enjoying the camaraderie. As soon as the wine runs out, they return to whatever they had been doing. The wine looks like blood on the street and on people's skin. Hunger is prevalent here. The wine shopkeeper yells at a joker who is writing on the wall. After erasing the graffiti, he returns inside. His wife indicates some new customers. He talks to old customers about the incident that occurred outside and the hardships of the poor. Jacques goes up to the new customers and talks with them. He leads them out the back into a courtyard. He takes them upstairs to a room where he is keeping the child of his former master. He tells Lorry he should start slowly. The man in the room is greatly cha
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