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21 19 ce que c'est que la vanité: the construction will be clear if a second est is supplied after vanité, 'what vanity is', cf. note to 72 21. 21 22 fit: = dit There are many examples of this usage in this book. 22 12 fit ... effroyable: 'gave Tartarin-Quixote a terrible grilling'.
28 26 ce qu'il en faisait: on en cf. note to 8 19. ce n'était pas pour lui: 'it wasn't for him, i.e. it wasn't for Tartarin-Quixote. 29 10 grelots ... sonnettes: the grelot is sounded by a ball inside, as in a sleigh bell. Sonnette is a broader term, used for any small bell. Une cloche is a large bell; cf.31 25. 29 11 Arles: an ancient city on the Rhone, nine miles south of Tarascon.
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