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

times they don't agrée .... what beastly tempers !' There is a jev. 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 ').