tout à V heure, just now ; sometimes also (by-and

by). Cf. note, p. 74, 1. 14.

11. en pleine sécurité, while feeling perfectly at ease (lit.

in perfect security, i,e. relying, as she does, on Gaston’s love and good faith). Tbe meaning of this adj. pdein, preceded by the prep. en, varies according to the context, thougb it is generally translated by ‘ open ’ : en plein jour, en pleine terre, en pleine mer, en plein champ, en plein air, etc. ; and sometimes by ‘middle,’ ‘right in,’ ‘before the whole of,’ ‘fully,’ etc. ; en pleine poitrine, en plein conseil, en pleine église, en plein hiver, en plein or tout en plein (adverbial expression).