Mettre le couvert. Set the table

25. Elle avait eu la beauté du diable=éUe avait eu un visage à tourner les têtes, un minois engageant, provocant {où il entre plus de vivante que de régularité cUissique). The expression is used particularly to refer to the freshness and vivacity of youth in a woman without any marked comeliness of f eatures.

Fournisseurs. Tradespeople. Cf. ex. p. 187, 1. 16.

Te poser. Appear, give yourself tone.

A force de. By dint of , by constant.

Bra^ dessus bras dessous, Arm in arm.

Tenir en place, Keep still. Cf. exps. p. 77, 1. 7;

Pour faire des courses. On errands.

Bicoque de maison. Wretched household. Bicoque,

lit, z=maison chétive.

Au fin bout. To the very tips.

Sentant le moisi et le renfermé. Smelling musty and

close.