The sewer in ancient Paris is the rendezvous of all exhaustions and of all attempts. Political economy therein spies adetritus, social philosophy there beholds a residuum.

• 有关那儿的回忆数不胜数。各种鬼怪都在这长而寂寞的阴沟中出没，到处是霉烂物和瘴气，这儿那儿有一个通气洞，维庸曾在这洞口和外面的拉伯雷闲谈。