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64 28 collègue: = Provençal coulego 'colleague, 'comrade. 64 30 quelques pipes: 'a few pipefuls' vous fera du bien: 'will do you good', contrast ferez bien without du, line 22. 65 4 jurons du cru: 'oaths of his native land', cf. note to 26 6. 65 5 l
48 21 douros: say 'dollars' or 'cash. A duro is a Spanish coin whose par value is now five francs, before 1871, a trifle more. 48 20 a deux lieues: cf. note to 4 8. Contrast English 'thank you, which usually expresses assent pourquoi faire? cf. note to 38 21. Cf. note to 43 2.
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.
There is a contrast of which we may have reason to be proud, between the progress of our arms in the East and the operations which a neighbouring power, France, is now carrying on in Africa.
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