Bataille de dames
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[Footnote 140: #Et d'un#, There's one.]
[Footnote 141: #personnage muet#, man who doesn't count.
Technically one who appears on the stage but does not speak.]
[Footnote 142: #cour prévôtale#, provost court, or "court martial,"
"a criminal tribunal temporarily established, and judging without
appeal" (Littré).]
[Footnote 143: #bord#, party, side, or way of thinking. See also
dictionary.]
[Footnote 144: #notre classe#. This is a delightful touch.
Montrichard, having been republican and bonapartist, now chooses to
regard himself as one of the original aristocracy.]