My apologies if this sounds like a stupid question (and it probably is), but this is something I've been wondering about for a while now. Someone in the beginning of the movie says that "six eggs (are) too expensive," so it seemed weird that a resident of the same village, even an assumedly bourgeois member of society, could afford that many eggs a day. Add to the fact that food shortages and inflation occurred around the Revolution, and the price of five dozen eggs a day seems even more absurd. Then again, there are also quite a few factors at work, such as the fact that commercial farming was beginning to occur, as well as Gaston's social position, occupation as a hunter, and possibly his unmarried status. I'm no expert on the rural economy of France during the Revolution, so I'm not sure how I'd go about figuring this out, but it is a bit of a curious question.