En voici le sens, Their meaning was

31. nous partager sa ceinture, divided her girdle among us. Peyrehorade is thinking of the embroidered girdle of Venus, which aroused love, and also of the girdle worn by young girls among the Greeks and Romans, which the husband removed after the marriage ceremony.

Page 122. — 28. Vous savez. See note to page 13, line 7.

Page 125. — 1. changer le cours de mes idées, to think about something else.

Page 128. — 16. La ruelle was presumably narrow, and the bed coverings would also help to support her.

Page 129. — 12. reposé qu’il serait, when he had had a rest. 22. frotter. Cf. Carmen, page n, lines 26-28.

Page 130. — 32. appris que quelque jour nouveau soit venu éclairer, heard that any new light had been shed upon.

Page 131. — 9. la faire fondre en cloche. Cf. page 102, Une 6.

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