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Daudet's first intention was to entitle this work "Nord et midi," his idea being to contrast the north with the south, a theme for which he always had a predilection. Numa is a refined Tartarin; Daudet sends him to Paris, and studies the result. Numa carries all before him by his robust vigor and geniality.
2 11: mirifique: a mock-heroic synonym for merveilleux. bien autre: bien in its common intensive use, 'quite. Bien frequently adds to a passage a shade of meaning which can be rendered in English only by a complete remodeling of the sentence, e.g. je veux bien 'I have no objection, 'I consent. When autre is preceded by bien or tout, it usually carries the idea of superiority.
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