Dame du palais, Lady în waiting

24. Caton le Censeur, Cato Censor, a Roman citizen and writer, famous for his austère principles and life. (235-145 B. C.)

64.— 3. Duretés qu'elle essuyait, Hard things which she had to bear.

4. On avait beau la rudoyer, It was useless to treat her harshly.

65. — 15. A vrai dire, c'était tirer deux moutures du mêms sac, Idiom : The plain fact is, she was serving

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the Bame dish over ag^in. Mouture, lit.: grind* ing of oom.

66. — ^12. Cheveux dTun bUmd chaud, Reddish tint of hair. 14. IP est pas en train d'écrire. Is not in a frame of

mind to write.