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From there Tantaine visited a footman in De Breulh 's employment , and a woman in the service of Madame de Bois Arden . Then , paying his fare , he started on foot for Father Canon 's wine shop , in the Rue St. Honore , where he met Florestan , who was as saucy and supercilious to Tantaine as he was obsequious to Mascarin . But although he paid for Florestan 's dinner , all that he could extort from him was , that Sabine was terribly depressed . It was fully eight o'clock before Tantaine had got rid of Florestan , and hailing another cab , he ordered the driver to take him to the Grand Turk , in the Rue des Poissonniers . The magnificent sign of the Grand Turk dances in the breeze , and invites such youths as Toto Chupin and his companions . The whole aspect of the exterior seemed to invite the passers-by to step in and try the good cheer provided within , -- a good _ table d'hote _ at six p.m. , coffee , tea , liquors , and a grand ball to complete the work of digestion . A long corridor leads to this earthly Eden , and the two doors at the end of it open , the one into the dining , and the other into the ball-room .