Tiens à, Am anxious, désirons

8. C'était dijà trop de la grappe de groseilles. The (incident of the) bunch of carrants (cf. p. 44-45) was already more than enough (to scandalizeyou).

Cf. the différence in French between " currant *' and "gooseberry;" the former, groseille à grappe, or simply groseille; the latter, groseille à mor quereau (because mackerel, when served at table, was formerly garnished with this fruit).