Forestier, an editor of the daily newspaper, La Vie Francaise, unhesitatingly lent Duroy money to buy suitable clothes and invited him to come to dinner the following evening to meet the owner of the paper.

• 弗赖斯节是《法兰西生活》日报的编辑，他当场慷慨解囊叫杜洛瓦去买些像样的衣服，并邀请他第二天晚上到家里吃饭，去见见报纸的老板。