the streakings of fat in bacon

Delavau, the prefect of police, had permitted him to establish, on the public road, a game known as “troll-madam”; and this game, an excellent trap for boobies and passers-by whose slightest words and actions were keenly watched by Vidoc's hounds, produced, from the 20th of July to the 4th of August, 1823, a net profit of 4,364 francs.

Nor durst Orcanes view the Soldan's face, / But still upon the floor did pore and tout.

They tried to bust the prisoner out, but were thwarted by the police.