Qa'est-cequ'ilya? Whafs thematUr

43. on dirait denz hirondelles : they looked Hke two swallows,

44. yenz-tn descendre, malheareiise 1 Forgoodness* sake, corne doivn^ you poor thing!

45. ça se monte, ces choses-là : easy enough to get up such places.

46. un cric : ajack, It is hard to see how a jack could hâve been of any use ; a crâne (grue) or a pair of sheers (des bigues) would hâve been more to the purpose.

47. la reine Jeanne. Jeanne was Queen of Naples from 1343 to 1382. She sold Avignon to Pope Clément VI. in 1348.