She patted the horse gently, and then slipped inside the stall, stroking the animal as she went without showing the least sign of fear.

Elle donnait de petites tapes sur la croupe du cheval. Puis, elle se glissa dans la stalle, en le flattant tout le long des flancs, sans montrer la moindre crainte.

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He was casting furious sidelong glances at the stall-holders.

Il jetait de loin des regards furibonds aux vendeuses.

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I expected to see you every moment, for there was a stall at my side which remained empty the whole evening, and I was sure you had taken it."

À chaque instant, je croyais vous voir paraître. Il y avait à côté de moi une stalle qui est restée vide toute la soirée, et j'étais convaincu qu'elle était louée par vous.

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In the canvas tent opposite the flower stall pretty Madame Bouchard presided over the lucky-wheel.

En face, dans la baraque de toile, la jolie Mme Bouchard tenait le tourniquet.

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To please the Empress, who was the patroness of the charity, the visitors had carried everything away; and the delighted stall-holders were talking of opening again in the evening with a fresh supply of goods.

Les visiteurs, pour plaire à l'impératrice qui patronnait l'oeuvre, avaient mis les marchandises au pillage. Les vendeuses, enthousiasmées, parlaient de rouvrir le soir, avec un nouveau fonds.

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"No one but myself can put him into his stall; my groom is coming by the coach from Chinon; he will rub him down."

Moi seul puis le faire sortir et le caser comme il faut. Mon "groom" vient par la voiture de Chinon, il le pansera.

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At last she came out of the stall again.

Enfin, elle reparut.

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"We have distributed everything. I have just been offered three hundred francs for a stall."

Nous avons tout donné, on vient de m’offrir trois cents francs d’un fauteuil.

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'He flies on like a shot; he nearly upset my stall,' exclaimed another woman, a greengrocer.

--Il marche comme un dératé; il a failli renverser mon étalage, ajouta une marchande de salades.

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However, she never bought anything of such stall-holders as were friends of her own, for they always tried to take advantage of her.

Jamais, d'ailleurs, elle n'achetait aux vendeuses de sa connaissance; celles-là «salaient» trop leur monde.

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Madame Correur, however, laid the pocket-book on the stall again, and put on an expression of alarm. ' Oh, it is too expensive,' she said.

Mais Mme Correur remit le portefeuille sur le comptoir d'un air effrayé, en murmurant:«Oh! c'est trop cher....

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Then he looked round him and coming to the conclusion that he had better spend his money at once, he went up to a stall presided over by a lady high in favour at Court, of whom he inquired the price of a very ugly cigar-case.

Ensuite, il s'orienta, voulut payer sa dette tout de suite, s'arrêta à un comptoir tenu par une dame très bien en cour, à laquelle il marchanda un étui à cigares fort laid.

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And at every stall they allowed themselves to be attacked.

Et, à chaque comptoir, ils se laissaient faire une aimable violence.

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Gentlemen calmly halted and examined the stall-holders, as though the latter formed part of the goods for sale.

Des messieurs, tranquillement, s'arrêtaient, examinaient les marchandes, comme si elles avaient fait partie de l'étalage.

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She took it up again and poked her nose into the pockets, whereupon the stall-holder, growing impatient, at last offered to sell it to her for fourteen franc s, and then for twelve.

Elle le reprenait, fourrait son nez dans les poches. La vendeuse, impatientée, finit parle lui laisser à quatorze francs, puis à douze.

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