Note 78 — Chapter XIV

The Cabaret du Père Lunette—on the edge of the Latin Quarter—and its near neighbour, the Château Rouge (also called La Guillotine), were notorious criminal resorts in the days, not so very remote, before the piercing of the rue Lagrange and the enlarging of the Place Maubert rendered innocuous one of the most dangerous corners of Paris. The Château Rouge was recently demolished, and the Père Lunette ceased several years back to be anything but an insipid show-place for tourists. Neither has ever been an organic part of the Quartier life.