comme... d'or, ' as it were little gold spangles

24. il écoutait... entendait, • he listened to his wife, but it was his dog that he heard.' Notice that French can use et, ' and,' hère, where English prefers * but.'

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3. et ses... part, ' leaving her little tempers out of considération.*

31. en était arrivée, «had ended by,' lit. «had got to the point of.*

33. Cherbourg. Cherbourg is a military port in the Department of Manche.