Other People's Money

There is not perhaps in all Paris a quieter street than the Rue St. Gilles in the Marais within a step of the Place Royale. No carriages there; never a crowd. Hardly is the silence broken by the regulation drums of the Minims Barracks near by by the chimes of the Church of St. Louis or by the joyous clamors of the pupils of the Massin School during the hours of recreation. (Excerpt)