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fermer au verrou, ‘to bolt’; fermer a elef ‘to lock.’ Page 54 |. 2. dans la cellule, ‘in the narrow room 8. recherchée, ‘much sought after.’ 17. tout ce qui . . .? Beauvais, though rich, is a plain man who the proverbial wisdom of the people, 18. biens au soleil, «landed property,’ Page 55 |. 4. la vie des champs, ‘country-life.’ 27. la pauvreté à deux, ‘love in a eottage 29. il ne s’agit point d’un conte en l'air, ‘ we are not dealing with a mere romance.’

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Page 57 |. 10. Beauvais siégeait, : Beauvais presided,’ 11. parents éloignés, ‘distant relatives’; de proches parents ‘near relatives."