bleus: See page 63, note

122.—trémie, ax opening in the hearth. It is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. The word is technical in this sense. Translate here simply #earfk.

123.— 1. la mère. The definite article is a familiar form of address.. Compare La Fontaine:

Passez votre chemin, la fille, et m’ en croyez, Le meunier, son fils, et l'âne.