des petits rires. See note, p

22. dans ces sourires fanés qui ... for dans les sourires fanés de ces deux visages qui . . .

NOTES

56, 4. déjeuné. We are told on p. 50, 1. 23, that Daudet arrived at Eyguières about 2 p. m. Therefore it cannot be a question here of the morning breakfast but of the noon meal, corresponding to the lunch in this country.