Granville's estate

Chapter 30 Puyue Bisson Tailor Shop

Louis didn't see Mary again until they had finished their breakfast and changed into their out-of-the-way clothes. Logically speaking, the place at 79 St. George Street is only that big, so it's impossible for Mary to keep avoiding them all the time. He simply Wondering if the shy girl hid herself in the closet.

Probably considering that Joseph might be needed to run errands, Alred took Joseph with him when he went out this time.

They still rode in Alred's carriage, and the coachman hired by Alred was very proud of being reused by the owner, but Peter, who came to Paris with Louis, was a little unhappy.

"I've figured out all the roads in this area, my gentlemen." Father Peter complained to Louis and Alred, "I can find out where every road here leads. Pass, but neither gentleman rides in my carriage!"

Father Peter has always been proud of his quick observation skills and good memory. Although he has only been in Paris for two days, he has already memorized all the roads in the area around St. George Street.This lovely old man wholeheartedly wanted to serve his husband, and by the way, he also went to see the bustling scene of Paris and the winding roads, but because he was driving only the most ordinary Coup carriage, Arles De and Louis didn't think about his carriage every time they went out, which made him very sad.

For people in other provinces, even the place where the rain is on the roof of the cheapest stagecoach is not something they can enjoy every day. When they need to travel, most people choose to walk and calculate carefully. The brass of the stagecoach.Under such circumstances, owning a private Koop carriage is already quite a luxury, but in Paris where all kinds of Landau carriages, Karas carriages and Bellino luxury carriages emerge in endlessly, an ordinary The Koop carriage could hardly hold out its hands to meet people.

Although Louis doesn't care about the luxury of the carriage he takes, he only needs a carriage for transportation, but after seeing all kinds of luxurious carriages driving in the Bois de Boulogne in the afternoon, he already understands that Al The reason why Ryder chose to rent the two-seater four-wheeled carriage he is currently using is not just because Earl Fernand thought he was corrupted by the extravagant atmosphere-after all, who can imagine a shabby library? What about the scene where the horse-drawn carriage is sandwiched between luxurious carriages and goes to the residence of the noble ladies for a banquet?

Therefore, for Papa Peter's complaints, Louis could only appease him: "We are going far away this time, Papa Peter! I will give you a map of Paris, you can familiarize yourself with the whole city first." Road, if you think it is necessary, you can also go out for a stroll in a carriage by yourself, but no matter what, never quarrel or conflict with others."

The map of Paris was found by Louis in Allaide's study, on which the boulevards are marked with broad lines, the narrow lines represent small roads, the blue hexagons represent various theaters scattered in various districts of Paris, and The white squares represent ordinary homes, and are so simple and easy to understand that even illiterate people can understand them.

Louis gave this map to Papa Peter. He originally planned to ask Mary to explain the words marked on the map to Papa Peter, but he couldn't find the girl, and Alred kept urging him to go. He gave up the idea, told Papa Peter that he could study with Papa Tonsar, the janitor, and left in a hurry.

The scale of the Bisson tailor shop they went to was larger than what Louis had expected. This tailor shop is located on Richelieu Street in the bustling center of Paris. Louis had seen the prosperity of this area at dusk yesterday. Since small towns in the provinces follow the rules of time, the center of Paris looks no different at noon than it does at night—even more lively!There is a lot of traffic here, every shop is open, the displays in the windows are shining, and there are so many people on foot and various carriages that they can almost block the entire street.

If you only look at the facade, the facade of the Bisson tailor's shop is neither comparable to the ornately decorated jewelry store on the left, nor the hat shop with the gorgeous large window on the right. However, from the gilded "Buison" signboard After entering through the door, it is a world that can hardly be seen from the outside.This tailor shop cleverly uses the second and third floors of the house where it is located. After entering from the facade, there is a staircase leading to the second floor. The stairway is covered with luxurious woven carpets and there are very elegant mahogany handrails beside the stairs. ; After walking through the stairs, what you see when you go up to the second floor is a series of independent small living rooms, and there are two smaller rooms hidden in each living room, forming a large and two small town suites.The layout of such a suite, whether it is the material of the curtains, the coffee table or the soft couch, looks decent enough to receive the most dignified aristocrats.

The waiter of Bisson's tailor shop brought Alred and Louis into a small living room, and the little servant Joseph they brought was standing outside the small living room waiting for orders.Each of these waiters has their own area of ​​responsibility, with a clear division of labor. They wear uniform white turtleneck whalebone shirts, warm blue vests, black small-waist jackets, and Nanjing velvet trousers. Everyone is courteous. People like it, that kind of air, people who don't know the inside story may even think they are young and promising diplomats.

"Two gentlemen, please wait a moment. Mr. Ossion will come over to serve you two soon."

Shortly after the waiter in charge of leading the way came out, a man in his thirties came in, followed by two thirteen or fourteen-year-old servants.The man in the head had a good face. He didn't wear the black coat that the waiters all wore, but simply wore a white shirt with the top two buttons undone, the sleeves rolled up, and a casually wrapped around arm for measuring The soft ruler indicates his profession.

"Mr. de Granville, long time no see! You must have just returned from a vacation in the country. I feel like I haven't welcomed you for a long time."

The tailor named Ossion greeted Alred with a familiar look.

Alred glanced at Louis, coughed a little guilty, and did not answer Ossion directly: "Ossion, so you are in the store, I was thinking of letting you go to my place, the people in the store Said you were not free."

"Oh, sir! I would be happy to take a carriage to the place where you live to serve you, but at this time, whether it is gentlemen, ladies, or ladies, everyone is thinking about preparing new clothes for the coming of the social season. Our store Everyone here is extremely busy, among other things, I haven't been able to drink a sip of water since I opened my eyes in the morning!"

Although it was an explanation after a refusal, this Ossian tailor has the ability to say it in a very appropriate way: "What do you want to order today, shirts, pants, waistcoats? Or a coat? The gentleman next to you Do you want to prepare some clothes for the social season?"

"You don't need to think about me today. You just need to serve my friend Mr. Du Farentin. He needs to order a dress for a formal ball, including shirts, vests, coats and trousers."

"Yes, Monsieur Du Farentin, it is a great honor to meet you."

After exchanging simple greetings with each other, Ossion took down the tape measure wrapped around his arm, but he didn't rush to measure Louis' body size, but first looked at Louis from head to toe, and while looking, Shaking his head for a while, nodding again for a while.

"Mr. Du Farentin has a gentle temperament. I think he is more suitable for elegant clothes. As for the shirts that young people who are looking for novelties like, they don't need it." Ossion said to Alred, "Recently there is a It's ridiculous that some ready-to-wear stores even started selling a shirt with five-color stripes, fooling the uninformed country folks into saying that it's the latest fashion in the upper class. What the hell! I don't know who came up with the design, good clothes , have to make it weird."

"I can't imagine a shirt in five colors, or in a striped pattern," replied Alred, who was sitting on the sofa.

The so-called ready-made clothing store is a ready-made clothing store that does not need a tailor to measure the figure and order according to the size. Alred once said that if there is no shirt suitable for Louis in his wardrobe, they You have to go to a tailor shop to buy a shirt for emergency.In fact, this kind of ready-made clothing shop is not only the object of contempt for serious tailors, but also has a bad reputation. Goods are marketed, often coaxing and deceiving customers who walk into their stores.

"Yes, this can only deceive those country folks and young bourgeois who don't understand anything. They may be deceived and think they are very fashionable." Ossion said so, and said to the two waiting by the door. The servant pointed to the screens in the small living room: "Mr. Du Farentin, you can take off your coat now. Let me measure your upper body. You and Mr. de Granville can drop by while you are free." Pick out the shirt styles you like - don't worry, these are the latest trendy styles just painted."

Two clever servants walked into the small living room, picked one of the screens in the corner and pushed them over—it turned out that the bottom of these screens were all equipped with sliding wheels, and after the screen was unfolded, there was actually a screen on the front. Amazing fashion card-like large and colorful fashion prints!