U/aieaU aeeez heau. See note to

25. tout en ayant bien peur. The adverb tout here, as often, simply emphasizes. Gf. tout en mangeant, U répondait, 'eating away.all the while, he answered.' Bender hero * although she was very frightened.' See also note to 149, L 56.

28. me prend danê mon lit. The reason for the French idiom is that a thing muât be m a place before it can be taken from the place. Bender dam^ ' in/ by • from.'