à votre égard, 'in regard to you

dans le fond du Berri, *in the wilds (lit. depth) of Berri*. Berri was one of the old provinces of France. Bourges was its capital town. It is now the Department of Cher,

„ elle n'y soutient qu^avec, F= 'there', ne goes vi^ith que = *only'. *Even there it is with overmuch haughtiness that she upholds...'