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A comparison of the story of Tartarin's adventures at Milianah with the pages on that city in "Lettres de mon moulin" will show how many details have been borrowed from the notes Daudet took down during his stay in Algeria. 73 30
So far as possible, he borrowed every detail of character and environment from real life; almost all his characters represent real persons whom he studied with a view of using them in his books.
55 10 s'en allait: for allait, cf. note to 17 4. 55 13 M'sieu: indicates by the spelling the usual pronunciation of Monsieur. 55 15 Après? 'Well, what have you to say? 55 25 algarade: a word borrowed from the Spanish, the root being Arabic. It was originally a military expression meaning a raid, but now is used more or less jocularly for a wordy attack. Transl. 'dispute.
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