Thesebuildingsweresodecrepitthat，intheRuedelaChanvrerieandtheRuedelaPetite—Truanderie，thefrontswereshoredupwithbeamsrunningfromonehousetoanother。Thestreetwasnarrowandthegutterbroad，thepedestriantherewalkedonapavementthatwasalwayswet，skirtinglittlestallsresemblingcellars，bigpostsencircledwithironhoops，excessiveheapsofrefuse，andgatesarmedwithenormous，century—oldgratings。TheRueRambuteauhasdevastatedallthat。
ThenameofMondetourpaintsmarvellouslywellthesinuositiesofthatwholesetofstreets。Alittlefurtheron，theyarefoundstillbetterexpressedbytheRuePirouette，whichranintotheRueMondetour。
Thepasser—bywhogotentangledfromtheRueSaint—DenisintheRuedelaChanvreriebehelditgraduallycloseinbeforehimasthoughhehadenteredanelongatedfunnel。Attheendofthisstreet，whichwasveryshort，hefoundfurtherpassagebarredinthedirectionoftheHallesbyatallrowofhouses，andhewouldhavethoughthimselfinablindalley，hadhenotperceivedontherightandlefttwodarkcutsthroughwhichhecouldmakehisescape。ThiswastheRueMondetour，whichononesideranintotheRuedePrecheurs，andontheotherintotheRueduCygneandthePetite—Truanderie。Atthebottomofthissortofcul—de—sac，attheangleofthecuttingontheright，therewastobeseenahousewhichwasnotsotallastherest，andwhichformedasortofcapeinthestreet。
Itisinthishouse，oftwostoriesonly，thatanillustriouswine—shophadbeenmerrilyinstalledthreehundredyearsbefore。
ThistaverncreatedajoyousnoiseintheveryspotwhicholdTheophilusdescribedinthefollowingcouplet:——