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I 'll keep you a place next to me , and we can chat together . '' Then , as if moved with sudden pity , she added : `` My poor little thing , you had far better not remain there ; you 'll take harm . You look quite blue with cold . '' Gervaise still obstinately remained at the window during two mortal hours , till eight o'clock . Now all the shops had opened . Only a few work men were still hurrying along . The working girls now filled the boulevard : metal polishers , milliners , flower sellers , shivering in their thin clothing .