à eux. Why? E.B

L 31. ne tardons pas, 'are sure,' literally, 'are not slow.'

nous en mordre les doigts, or les pouces, to repent of it. The genitive en goes with the phrase as it would with se repentir.

1. 35. quitte à..., 'at the risk of a laugh at our expense and his,' 'even though one must laugh.' The idea is that one clears off (is quits for) one's mistake by laughing at it afterwards.

1. 37. un ban enfant, 'not a bad fellow.' It is often used with a notion of simplicity — 'au surplus bon enfant, sot, je ne le dis pas.'

par trop scarcely differs from trop, except in emphasis.