Not long back Bruant was an unsuccessful candidate for deputy at Belleville, which adjoins Montmartre.
If we insisted upon being made the exceptions to the farewell ceremony, and if Bruant would not let us off, could we resent it?
And if the men of our party resented it for us, and if Bruant resented their resentment, how would that improve matters?
Bruant ran the Mirliton on the principle that the less easily pleasure is come by, the more it will be prized.
Neither wit nor art entered into the entertainment as at the Chat Noir and Bruant's.
