For his part, Monsieur Jules read the lighter boulevardian newspapers, and knew the performers at the smaller theatres, talked familiarly of the celebrities of the day, and could always tell whether the piece first performed the previous evening had been a success or a failure.
Jules jaunak egunkari arinak irakurtzen zituen. Antzoki txikietan aritzen zirenak ezagutzen zituen, eguneko pertsonaia ospetsuei hika egiten zien, bazekien bezperan jokaturiko antzezlanak porrota edo arrakasta izan zuen.