Pip: “Ah . . . really, I broke a record for the number of women brought there during a week . . . but she doesn’t need to know that.”

Pip: Actually, I do know at least one decent place in this area…and I can get us in cheap.

Seras: What’s the story with this one?

Pip: Again, it was in thanks.

It was during the Franco-Prussian war…the Coyotes, later to become the Wild Geese, were hired by a small village near Aix-en-Provence. They chased a block of troops all the way to Paris…where they stayed in this hotel. Turned out the manager had grown up in that village. His mom still lived there.

Seras: You have such a fascinating history, Pip…

Pip (thinking): Eh…vraiment, j’ai battu un record pour la quantité des femes y amenée pendant une semaine…mais elle n’a pas besoin de la savoir.