le jour vient, 'day-Iight is coming

1. 8. nappe, 'sheet', lit. 'table-cloth'. A^appe is derived from Lat. mappa and has given our dim. napkin, whilst the Fr. dim. napperon has produced our apron by contraction and absorption of the initial n inlo the article {an apron=a napperon).

1. 27. se casser le cou tout de suite— ''to rush at once into the lion's mouth'; lit. 'to break one's neck'.