fussiez-vous . . . = si vous étiez

24. Yvetot. The lords of this small town, situated in Normandy (northern France) bore the title of King from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. It was popularized by Béranger’s ballad:

Il était un roi d’ Yvetot,

Peu connu dans l’histoire.

The name is used synonymously for a good-humored and kindhearted petty king.

84, 15. mise en train = animée , excitée.