tantôt .... caractères ! ' sometimes they agrée, some

timcs they don't agrée .... what beastly tempers !' There is a jeu de mots in the word s^ accordent which fortunately can be reproduced in English : s'accorder signifies to ' agrée ' in the grammatical, as well as in the social sensé. Fichu is a quite colloquial and undignified expression.

13. 2. prétentieux is used hère in the sensé of chic {'élégant,'

' high-toned ').