CIRCE

"All chic womans which arrive full of modesty then disrobe and squeal loud to see vampire man debauch nun very fresh young with dessous troublants. (He clacks his tongue loudly.) Ho, là là! Ce pif qu'il a!

LYNCH

Vive le vampire!

THE WHORES

Bravo! Parleyvoo!"

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La Belle Otero (v.s.) in one of her acts as a nun. "Ho, là là! Ce pif qu'il a!" evokes singer and cabaret owner Aristide Bruant; when "bourgeois" entered his working-class cabaret, he would insult them with similar quips.