and then he -- a wanderer on the earth , a woman without fortune , a woman without family , a soldier accustomed to inns , cabarets , taverns , and restaurants , a lover of wine forced to depend upon chance treats -- was about to partake of family meals , to enjoy the pleasures of a comfortable establishment , and to give herself up to those little attentions which 'the harder one is , the more they please , ' as old soldiers say .