Crossword-Solution: AVAIS 5 letters, 3 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 8

Then, after closing it, he came back and plunged into his armchair, saying to Nanon,-- “Get me some black-currant ratafia.” Too excited, however, to remain long in one place, he got up, looked at the portrait of Monsieur de la Bertelliere, and began to sing, doing what Nanon called his dancing steps,-- “Dans les gardes francaises J’avais un bon papa.” Nanon, Madame Grandet, and Eugenie looked at each other in silence.

Which I did, and by and by did go down by water to Deptford, and then down further, and so landed at the lower end of the town, and it being dark 'entrer en la maison de la femme de Bagwell', and there had 'sa compagnie', though with a great deal of difficulty, 'neanmoins en fin j'avais ma volont d'elle', and being sated therewith, I walked home to Redriffe, it being now near nine o'clock, and there I did drink some strong waters and eat some bread and cheese, and so home.

Which I did, and by and by did go down by water to Deptford, and then down further, and so landed at the lower end of the town, and it being dark ‘entrer en la maison de la femme de Bagwell’, and there had ‘sa compagnie’, though with a great deal of difficulty, ‘neanmoins en fin j’avais ma volont d’elle’, and being sated therewith, I walked home to Redriffe, it being now near nine o’clock, and there I did drink some strong waters and eat some bread and cheese, and so home.

Elle me contait, il y a peu de temps, les derniers moments d'une de ses religieuses, que j'avais connue dans le monde rieuse et jolie, et qui était allée s'éteindre de phtisie au couvent.

Mais considérez que, si je n'avais pas recherché les violents plaisirs des sens, je n'aurais pas travaillé pour m'enrichir, je n'aurais pas invent les arts dont vous jouissez encore aujourd'hui.