la menace du gouverneur. See p

25. le Serein, and 1. 26, la Cure, are tributaries of the river Yonne, itself a tributary of the Seine.

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2. ce qu'on lui voulait, 'what they wanted with her.' The construction is really elliptical : Ce qu'on lui voulait {demander), 'What they wished to ask of her.' The insertion of demander explains the dative.

8. de quoi satisfaire, lit. 'of what (was necessary) to...'; say, 'what would satisfy,' or 'the wherewithal to satisfy.*