In this passage from "The Necklace," the author uses concrete details to...
26- He grew a little pale, because he was laying aside just that amount to buy a gun and treat himself to a little a shooting next summer on the plain of Nanterre, with several friends who went to shoot larks there of a Sunday
27- But he said: "Very well. I will give you four hundred francs. And try to have a pretty gown."