prince - prince
pauper - pauvre, indigent
mark - marque; ; Marc
twain - twain
Chapter - chapitre, branche, section
birth - naissance; naissance
In the ancient city of London, on a certain autumn day in the second quarter of the sixteenth century, a boy was born to a poor family of the name of Canty, who did not want him. On the same day another English child was born to a rich family of the name of Tudor, who did want him. All England wanted him too. England had so longed for him, and hoped for him, and prayed God for him, that, now that he was really come, the people went nearly mad for joy. Mere acquaintances hugged and kissed each other and cried. Everybody took a holiday, and high and low, rich and poor, feasted and danced and sang, and got very mellow; and they kept this up for days and nights together. By day, London was a sight to see, with gay banners waving from every balcony and housetop, and splendid pageants marching along. by night, it was again a sight to see, with its great bonfires at every corner, and its troops of revellers making merry around them.
ancient - ancienne; antique
Certain - certain, quelconque
Sixteenth - seizieme; ; seizieme (''before the noun''); seize (''after the name'')
longed for - désiré
hoped for - espéré
prayed - prié; prier
God - dieu; idolâtrer, déifier
nearly - presque
mad - fou, folle, fol, fâché, en colere
joy - joie; joie
mere - simple; simple
acquaintances - des connaissances; relation, qualifier
hugged - étreint; embrassade, étreinte, câlin, accolade, étreindre
kissed - embrassée; (s'')embrasser
cried - pleuré; pleurer, crier, hurler, crier, gueuler, pleur, cri, cri
feasted - festoyé; festin
mellow - moelleux
sight - vue, quelque chose a voir, truc a voir, mire, viseur
gay - gay; gai
banners - bannieres; banniere
waving - en faisant signe de la main; (wave) en faisant signe de la main
balcony - balcon
housetop - toit
splendid - splendide, fameux
pageants - des concours; cortege, spectacle
along - le long de, accompagné, rench: t-needed r
by night - la nuit
bonfires - des feux de joie; feu de joie, bucher
corner - coin, rencogner, piéger, acculer, négocier un prix de gros
troops - troupes; troupe-p
merry - joyeux; gai, heureuse, jovial
There was no talk in all England but of the new baby, Edward Tudor, Prince of Wales, who lay lapped in silks and satins, unconscious of all this fuss, and not knowing that great lords and ladies were tending him and watching over him-and not caring, either. But there was no talk about the other baby, Tom Canty, lapped in his poor rags, except among the family of paupers whom he had just come to trouble with his presence.
Edward - edward; Édouard
Wales - pays de galles; pays de Galles
lay - laique; pondre, pose
lapped - lappé; laper
silks - des soies; soie, soie
satins - satins; satin, satiné
unconscious - inconscient, subconscient
fuss - l'agitation; ; agitation, histoires, s’agiter, s’empresser
lords - seigneurs; châtelain, seigneur, monsieur
ladies - mesdames; dame, madame, lady, dame, madame, lady, dame, madame
tending - de l'entretien; garder
either - chaque, non plus, ou, soit, soit , ou
rags - chiffons; chiffon
Except - sauf; ; faire une exception
among - parmi
paupers - des indigents; pauvre, indigent
whom - que, qui
trouble - des problemes; ; peine, mal, probleme, emmerde, checksouci
presence - présence
Let us skip a number of years.
skip - sauter; sautiller, félure, franchir
London was fifteen hundred years old, and was a great town-for that day. It had a hundred thousand inhabitants-some think double as many. The streets were very narrow, and crooked, and dirty, especially in the part where Tom Canty lived, which was not far from London Bridge. The houses were of wood, with the second story projecting over the first, and the third sticking its elbows out beyond the second.
inhabitants - habitants; habitant, habitante, résident, résidente
double - double, double, sosie, doublon, doubler
narrow - étroite; pressé, étroit
crooked - tortu; (crook) tortu
especially - spécialement, particulierement, surtout, en particulier
Bridge - le pont; carpette
wood - du bois; (de) bois
third - troisieme; ; troisieme, trois, tiers, tierce
sticking - coller; (stick) coller
elbows - coudes; coude, coude, coup de coude, jouer des coudes
beyond - au-dela; ; au-dela, par-dela
The higher the houses grew, the broader they grew. They were skeletons of strong criss-cross beams, with solid material between, coated with plaster. The beams were painted red or blue or black, according to the owner’s taste, and this gave the houses a very picturesque look. The windows were small, glazed with little diamond-shaped panes, and they opened outward, on hinges, like doors.
broader - plus large; large
skeletons - des squelettes; squelette
Cross - croix, signe de croix, direct du bras arriere, transversal
beams - poutres; madrier, poutre, merrain, perche, limon, timon, age
solid - solide, massif, plein, continu, solide
material - matériel, matériau, matiere, matériel, étoffe, tissu
plaster - le plâtre; ; onguent, plâtre, enduit, enduire, plâtrer
according - selon; entente, accorder
taste - gout; ; gout, saveur, avant-gout, gouter, avoir un gout
picturesque - pittoresque
glazed - vitrifié; glaçure, émail, glacis, glaçage, givre, glaçage
diamond - diamant; diamant
shaped - en forme; forme, forme
panes - vitres; vitre
outward - externe
hinges - charnieres; gond, charniere, dépendre
The house which Tom’s father lived in was up a foul little pocket called Offal Court, out of Pudding Lane. It was small, decayed, and rickety, but it was packed full of wretchedly poor families. Canty’s tribe occupied a room on the third floor. The mother and father had a sort of bedstead in the corner; but Tom, his grandmother, and his two sisters, Bet and Nan, were not restricted-they had all the floor to themselves, and might sleep where they chose.
foul - la faute; infâme
Pocket - poche, empocher, de poche
offal - des abats; ; abats
Court - la cour; ; cour, tribunal, court de tennis, court, courtiser
pudding - du pudding; ; boudin, pudding
lane - chemin
decayed - en décomposition; décrépitude, déchéance, pourrir
rickety - bancal; ; branlant, délabré, boiteux, rachitique
packed - emballé; paquet, sac
wretchedly - misérablement
tribe - tribu
occupied - occupée; occuper, occuper, occuper, occuper, habiter, occuper
sort - tri; assortir, tri, esrece, assortis, sorte, esrece
bedstead - le sommier; ; châlit
bet - parier; paria, pariai, pari, parié, parions, pariez
nan - nan; mamie
restricted - restreint; restreindre, limiter
themselves - eux-memes; ; se, eux-memes, elles-memes
There were the remains of a blanket or two, and some bundles of ancient and dirty straw, but these could not rightly be called beds, for they were not organised; they were kicked into a general pile, mornings, and selections made from the mass at night, for service.
remains - reste; reste, rester, demeurer, rester
blanket - couverture, général, recouvrir
bundles - des liasses; faisceau, fagot, paquet, paquet, ballot (of goods)
straw - paille, fétu, jaune paille
rightly - a juste titre
kicked - botté; donner un coup de pied (a, dans)
general - général, communal, en chef, universal, d'ensemble, général
pile - pile; tapée, pilotis, foule, amas
selections - sélections; sélection, sélection, sélection
mass - masse; masse, foule, amas
service - service; messe
Bet and Nan were fifteen years old-twins. They were good-hearted girls, unclean, clothed in rags, and profoundly ignorant. Their mother was like them. But the father and the grandmother were a couple of fiends. They got drunk whenever they could; then they fought each other or anybody else who came in the way; they cursed and swore always, drunk or sober; John Canty was a thief, and his mother a beggar. They made beggars of the children, but failed to make thieves of them.
twins - des jumeaux; jumeau/-elle
hearted - cour; coeur
unclean - impur
clothed - habillé; tissu, étoffe, tissu, tenue
profoundly - profondément
ignorant - ignorant
couple - couple, paire, époux, quelques, deux ou trois.., couple, coupler
fiends - des amis; démon, monstre, démon, addict, qualifier
got drunk - Vous avez bu
whenever - chaque fois que
fought - combattu; (se) battre
Anybody - quelqu'un; ; n’importe qui (1), checkn’importe qui (2
cursed - maudis, maudite, maudites, maudits, maudit; (curs) maudis
swore - juré; jurer
sober - sobre, cuver
thief - voleur, voleuse
beggars - mendiants; gueux, mendiant, mendiante, queteux
failed - a échoué; échouer (a)
thieves - voleurs; voleur, voleuse
Among, but not of, the dreadful rabble that inhabited the house, was a good old priest whom the King had turned out of house and home with a pension of a few farthings, and he used to get the children aside and teach them right ways secretly. Father Andrew also taught Tom a little Latin, and how to read and write; and would have done the same with the girls, but they were afraid of the jeers of their friends, who could not have endured such a queer accomplishment in them.
dreadful - épouvantable; ; redoutable, affreux, terrible
rabble - la populace; cohue
inhabited - habité; habiter
priest - pretre; ; pretre, pretresse, sacrificateur
king - roi; dame, roi
pension - pension, retraite, (demi) pension, pensioner, pensionner
farthings - farthings; farthing
aside - a part; ; a côté, en passant, aparté
secretly - secretement; ; secretement, en cachette
Andrew - andrew; André, André
Latin - latine
jeers - des railleries; huer
endured - enduré; endurer, perdurer, supporter
such - tel, tellement, ainsi
queer - pédé; ; étrange, bizarre
accomplishment - l'accomplissement; ; accomplissement
All Offal Court was just such another hive as Canty’s house. Drunkenness, riot and brawling were the order, there, every night and nearly all night long. Broken heads were as common as hunger in that place. Yet little Tom was not unhappy. He had a hard time of it, but did not know it. It was the sort of time that all the Offal Court boys had, therefore he supposed it was the correct and comfortable thing.
drunkenness - l'ivresse; ; ébriété, ivresse
riot - émeute
brawling - le pugilat; (brawl) le pugilat
hunger - la faim; faim
unhappy - malheureux, triste, mécontent
therefore - par conséquent, en conséquence, donc, pour ça
supposed - supposé; supposer, imaginer, supposer
comfortable - confortable
When he came home empty-handed at night, he knew his father would Curse him and thrash him first, and that when he was done the awful grandmother would do it all over again and improve on it; and that away in the night his starving mother would slip to him stealthily with any miserable scrap or crust she had been able to save for him by going hungry herself, notwithstanding she was often caught in that sort of treason and soundly beaten for it by her husband.
empty - vide, vider, cadavre
Curse him - Le maudire
thrash - thrash; ; passer a tabac, rosser
awful - terrible, épouvantable, horrible
Starving - affamés; affamant; (starve); mourir de faim, crever de faim
slip - glisser; fiche, glisser, lapsus, patiner
stealthily - furtivement
miserable - misérable
scrap - de la ferraille; ferraille, chiffon, mettre au rebut
crust - croute; ; croute, écorce
save - sauver, sauvegarder, épargner, préserver, protéger
notwithstanding - nonobstant
caught - pris; prise, touche, loquet, loqueteau, verrou, hic, couille
treason - trahison
soundly - fortement, solidement
beaten - battu; battre
No, Tom’s life went along well enough, especially in summer.
He only begged just enough to save himself, for the laws against mendicancy were stringent, and the penalties heavy; so he put in a good deal of his time listening to good Father Andrew’s charming old tales and legends about giants and fairies, dwarfs and genii, and enchanted castles, and gorgeous kings and princes. His head grew to be full of these wonderful things, and many a night as he lay in the dark on his scant and offensive straw, tired, hungry, and smarting from a thrashing, he unleashed his imagination and soon forgot his aches and pains in delicious picturings to himself of the charmed life of a petted prince in a regal palace. One desire came in time to haunt him day and night: it was to see a real prince, with his own eyes. He spoke of it once to some of his Offal Court comrades; but they jeered him and scoffed him so unmercifully that he was glad to keep his dream to himself after that.
begged - supplié; mendier
laws - des lois; loi(s), législation
against - contre, face a, pour
mendicancy - la mendicité
stringent - rigoureux; ; strict
penalties - des sanctions; penalisation, peine
heavy - lourd; emporté, lourd
deal - accord; dispenser, distribuer
charming - charmant; (charm); charmant
tales - contes; conte, récit
legends - légendes; légende, légende, légende
giants - géants; géant, géant
fairies - des fées; fée, tapette, folle
dwarfs - nains; nain, naine, nain, naine, nain, naine, naine, nain
genii - genii; génie
enchanted - enchantée; enchanter
castles - châteaux; château, château-fort, roquer
gorgeous - magnifique
Kings - les rois; roi
princes - princes; (prince); prince
many a - beaucoup d'a
lay in - s'allonger
scant - peu; ; insuffisant, rare, maigre
offensive - offensant, offensif, offensive
smarting - intelligent; élégant
unleashed - libéré; déchaîner
imagination - l'imagination; ; imagination
aches - douleurs; douleur
pains - douleurs; douleur
picturings - images
charmed - charmé; charme
petted - caressé; animal familier, apprivoisé
regal - royal; royal
Palace - le palais; ; palais
desire - désirer, désir
haunt - hanter, demeurer, point de rencontre
comrades - camarades; camaradef, camarade, camarade, camarade
jeered - raillé; huer
scoffed - s'est moqué; se moquer (de)
unmercifully - sans pitié
Glad - heureux; heureuse
dream - reve; ; reve, songe, voeu
He often read the priest’s old books and got him to explain and enlarge upon them. His dreamings and readings worked certain changes in him, by- and-by. His dream-people were so fine that he grew to lament his shabby clothing and his dirt, and to wish to be clean and better clad.
enlarge - agrandir, élargir, accroître
upon - sur, a
readings - lectures; lecture
lament - une complainte
shabby - râpé, usé, élimé, miteux, minable
clothing - vetements; ; vetements, habits; (cloth); tissu, étoffe, tenue
dirt - la saleté; ; saleté, ordure, terre, boue, salissure, tache
wish - souhait, souhaiter, espérer
clad - vetu; nippé; (clothe); vetir, habiller
He went on playing in the mud just the same, and enjoying it, too; but, instead of splashing around in the Thames solely for the fun of it, he began to find an added value in it because of the washings and cleansings it afforded.
mud - de la boue; boue, bourbe, vase
instead - a la place; ; a la place, au lieu de
splashing - éclaboussures; (splash); plouf, bruit, éclaboussure
Thames - la tamise; Tamise
solely - uniquement, exclusivement, seulement
added value - valeur ajoutée
washings - lavages; lavage, linge
cleansings - les nettoyages; détergent, détersif
afforded - de l'entreprise; permettre
Tom could always find something going on around the Maypole in Cheapside, and at the fairs; and now and then he and the rest of London had a chance to see a military parade when some famous unfortunate was carried prisoner to the Tower, by land or boat.
Maypole - le mât de mai; ; arbre de mai
fairs - foires; blond
rest - se reposer; reposent, reposez, reposons, se, reposer, débris
chance - chance; hasard, chance
military - militaire (1, 2), armée, troupes
parade - défilé; parader, parade
unfortunate - malheureux; ; infortuné, malencontreux
prisoner - prisonnier, prisonniere
tower - tour; tour
by land - par voie terrestre
One summer’s day he saw poor Anne Askew and three men burned at the stake in Smithfield, and heard an ex-Bishop preach a sermon to them which did not interest him. Yes, Tom’s life was varied and pleasant enough, on the whole.
askew - de travers, de guingois, de traviole, oblique
burned - brulé; bruler
stake - enjeu; ; pieu, pal, tuteur, jalon
ex - ex; ex
bishop - éveque; eveque, éveque
preach - precher; ; precher, proclamer
sermon - sermon; sermon
varied - varié; varier, varier, varier
pleasant - agréable, plaisant
by-and-by Tom’s reading and dreaming about princely life wrought such a strong effect upon him that he began to act the prince, unconsciously. His speech and manners became curiously ceremonious and courtly, to the vast admiration and amusement of his intimates. But Tom’s influence among these young people began to grow now, day by day; and in time he came to be looked up to, by them, with a sort of wondering awe, as a superior being. He seemed to know so much! and he could do and say such marvellous things! and withal, he was so deep and wise!
by and by - (by and by) par et par
dreaming - en train de rever; revant; (dream); reve, songe, voeu
princely - princier
effect - effet, effet, effets, effectuer
act - acte, loi, action, agir, faire, jouer, se comporter, faire (1)
unconsciously - inconsciemment
Speech - parole, discours
manners - les bonnes manieres; maniere, façon, mode
curiously - curieusement
ceremonious - cérémonieux
courtly - courtois
vast - vaste; ; vaste
admiration - l'admiration; ; admiration
amusement - l'amusement; ; amusement
intimates - des relations intimes; intime
influence - influence, influencer, influer
wondering - se demander; (wonder); merveille, se demander, conjecturer
awe - la stupeur; ; crainte, révérence, admiration
superior - supérieur, supérieur
seemed - semblait; sembler, paraître, avoir l'air
marvellous - merveilleux
withal - en tout état de cause
deep - profond, épais, grave, foncé, foncée, profondeurs
wise - sage; sensé, genre, raisonnable
Tom’s remarks, and Tom’s performances, were reported by the boys to their elders; and these, also, presently began to discuss Tom Canty, and to regard him as a most gifted and extraordinary creature. Full-grown people brought their perplexities to Tom for solution, and were often astonished at the wit and wisdom of his decisions. In fact he was become a hero to all who knew him except his own family-these, only, saw nothing in him.
remarks - remarques; remarque
performances - performances; exécution, performance, exécution, performance
elders - les aînés; aîné
regard - regard; considérer, regard, égard, estime
most gifted - le plus doué
extraordinary - extraordinaire
creature - créature, etre
perplexities - perplexités; perplexité
solution - solution
astonished - étonné; étonner, surprendre
wit - wit; esprit
wisdom - la sagesse; ; sagesse
decisions - décisions; décision, décision
hero - héros, protagoniste
Privately, after a while, Tom organised a royal court! He was the prince; his special comrades were guards, chamberlains, equerries, lords and ladies in waiting, and the royal family.
privately - en privé
Royal - royal, royale, trochure, cacatois
guards - gardiens; garde, garde, garde, protection, gardien, arriere
chamberlains - les chambellans; chambellan
equerries - équerres; écuyer
Daily the mock prince was received with elaborate ceremonials borrowed by Tom from his romantic readings; daily the great affairs of the mimic kingdom were discussed in the royal council, and daily his mimic highness issued decrees to his imaginary armies, navies, and viceroyalties.
daily - quotidien; journellement, quotidien, quotidien
Mock - se moquer; ; imitation, succédané, moquerie, examen blanc
received - reçu; recevoir, recevoir, recevoir, recevoir
elaborate - élaborer; ; approfondir
ceremonials - des cérémonies; cérémonial, cérémonial
borrowed - emprunté; emprunter
romantic - romantique, romantique
affairs - affaires; aventure, liaison
Kingdom - royaume, regne
Council - le conseil; ; conseil
Highness - altesse
issued - émis; sortie, émission, livraison; délivrance, émission, drain
decrees - décrets; décret, ordonnance, décréter
imaginary - imaginaire
armies - armées; armée, armée
navies - les marines; force navale, flotte, marine, force navale, marine
After which, he would go forth in his rags and beg a few farthings, eat his poor crust, take his customary cuffs and abuse, and then stretch himself upon his handful of foul straw, and resume his empty grandeurs in his dreams.
forth - avant; en avant
beg - mendier; implorer, mendier, prier
customary - coutumier, habituel, d'usage
cuffs - manchettes; manchette
abuse - abus; défaut, abuser, insulter, tourmenter, abusons
stretch - étendre, s'étendre, s'étirer, étirement
handful - poignée, manipule
resume - cv; resume, reprendent, reprends, reprenez, reprenons
grandeurs - grandeurs; splendeur
dreams - reves; reve, t+songe, reve, t+songe, t+voeu, t+souhait, t+vou
And still his desire to look just once upon a real prince, in the flesh, grew upon him, day by day, and week by week, until at last it absorbed all other desires, and became the one passion of his life.
flesh - de la chair; ; chair, peau, chair, viande, corps, pulpe
Last - derniere; dernier, durer, dernierere, durez, passé, durent
absorbed - absorbé; absorber, absorber, éponger, absorber, absorber
desires - désirs; désirer, désirer, désir, désir, désir
passion - passion
One January day, on his usual begging tour, he tramped despondently up and down the region round about Mincing Lane and Little East Cheap, hour after hour, bare-footed and cold, looking in at cook-shop windows and longing for the dreadful pork-pies and other deadly inventions displayed there-for to him these were dainties fit for the angels; that is, judging by the smell, they were-for it had never been his good luck to own and eat one. There was a cold drizzle of rain; the atmosphere was murky; it was a melancholy day. At night Tom reached home so wet and tired and hungry that it was not possible for his father and grandmother to observe his forlorn condition and not be moved-after their fashion; wherefore they gave him a brisk cuffing at once and sent him to bed.
usual - habituel/habituelle
begging - la mendicité; (beg) la mendicité
Tour - tournée; voyage circulaire, circuit
tramped - piétiné; clochard, va-nu-pieds, traînée, garce
despondently - avec découragement
region - région
round about - en rond
mincing - hachage; (mince); hachis, viande hachée, hacher
bare - a nu; dénudé, dégarnir, nu
looking in - en regardant dedans
longing for - désiré
pork - porc, cochon
pies - tartes; tarte
deadly - mortelle; ; mortel, fatal, létal
inventions - inventions; invention
displayed - affichée; représentation, spectacle, moniteur, écran
dainties - des gourmandises; délicat, mignon
fit for - pour
angels - anges; ange
judging - juger; juger
smell - odeur, parfum, gout, odorat, sentir, humer
luck - la chance; ; chance, veine
drizzle - de la bruine; ; bruiner, pleuvioter, grainasser, mouiller
atmosphere - atmosphere; ; atmosphere, ambience, ambiance
murky - sombre, trouble
melancholy - mélancolie
reached - atteint; arriver/parvenir a
wet - humide; ; mouillé, mouillé, mouiller, se mouiller
observe - observer, remarquer, respecter, garder
forlorn - délaissée; ; abandonné, perdu, miserable, désespéré
condition - condition, condition
fashion - la mode; ; mode, vogue, façon, façonner
wherefore - pourquoi; ; d'ou
brisk - animé, vif, stimulant
cuffing - les menottes; manchette
For a long time his pain and hunger, and the swearing and fighting going on in the building, kept him awake; but at last his thoughts drifted away to far, romantic lands, and he fell asleep in the company of jewelled and gilded princelings who live in vast palaces, and had servants salaaming before them or flying to execute their orders. And then, as usual, he dreamed that he was a princeling himself.
pain - douleur; mal, diuleur, douleur
swearing - jurant; (swear) jurant
fighting - combattre; combat, bagarre; (fight) combattre; combat, bagarre
awake - éveillé; (se) réveiller; (s'')éveiller
thoughts - réflexions; idée, pensée, pensée
drifted - a la dérive; dérive, dériver, errer, dévier
asleep - endormi
jewelled - bijoux; joyau, bijou, pierre d'horlogerie, rubis
gilded - doré; dorer
princelings - des princes
palaces - des palais; palais
servants - serviteurs; serviteur, domestique, servante, domestique, fr
salaaming - salamandre; salam
flying to - de l'avion
execute - exécuter, mettre a mort
dreamed - revé; reve, t+songe, reve, t+songe, t+voeu, t+souhait, t+vou
All night long the glories of his royal estate shone upon him; he moved among great lords and ladies, in a blaze of light, breathing perfumes, drinking in delicious music, and answering the reverent obeisances of the glittering throng as it parted to make way for him, with here a smile, and there a nod of his princely head.
glories - gloires; gloire, gloire, gloire
estate - patrimoine, noblesse, proprieté, biens, domaine, propriété
shone - briller; briller, éclairer
blaze - flamme; feu, embrasement
breathing - respirer; ; respiration; (breath); respiration, souffle, haleine
perfumes - parfums; parfum, fragrance, parfum, parfumer
reverent - révérencieux
glittering - scintillant; ; étincelant; (glitter); étincellement, paillette
throng - essaim, foule
smile - sourire
nod - hochement de tete; ; dodeliner, hocher, hochement
And when he awoke in the morning and looked upon the wretchedness about him, his dream had had its usual effect-it had intensified the sordidness of his surroundings a thousandfold. Then came bitterness, and heart-break, and tears.
awoke - s'est réveillé; (se) réveiller; (s'')éveiller
wretchedness - la misere
intensified - intensifiée; intensifier, intensifier, s'intensifier
sordidness - sordide
thousandfold - mille fois
bitterness - l'amertume; ; amertume
heart - cour; coeur
Tears - des larmes; larme
Tom got up hungry, and sauntered hungry away, but with his thoughts busy with the shadowy splendours of his night’s dreams. He wandered here and there in the city, hardly noticing where he was going, or what was happening around him. People jostled him, and some gave him rough speech; but it was all lost on the musing boy. By-and-by he found himself at Temple Bar, the farthest from home he had ever travelled in that direction.
sauntered - sauné; flâner, flânerie
shadowy - ombrageux; ; sombre
wandered - erré; errer, vaguer, divaguer
hardly - a peine; ; dur, durement, guere, a peine
noticing - remarquer; remarquer, notification, préavis, préavis, remarquer
jostled - bousculé; bousculer, bousculer
rough - rude, rugueux, brut, approximatif, difficile, brutal, ébaucher
musing - muser; ; songeur, pensif, pensée; (mus) muser; ; songeur
Temple - le temple; tempe, temple
bar - bar; barrent, barrons, barrer, barrez, tringle
direction - direction, direction
He stopped and considered a moment, then fell into his imaginings again, and passed on outside the walls of London. The Strand had ceased to be a country-road then, and regarded itself as a street, but by a strained construction; for, though there was a tolerably compact row of houses on one side of it, there were only some scattered great buildings on the other, these being palaces of rich nobles, with ample and beautiful grounds stretching to the river-grounds that are now closely packed with grim acres of brick and stone.
considered - envisagée; considérer, examiner, réfléchir, songer, songer
passed - passé; passer (devant), dépasser
Strand - strand; cordon
ceased - cessé; cesser, s'arreter, cesser de + ''infinitive''
country-road - (country-road) route de campagne
regarded - considérée; considérer
itself - elle-meme; ; se, soi-meme
strained - tendu; tendre fortement
construction - construction
though - mais; ; néanmoins, cependant, malgré, bien que
tolerably - de maniere tolérable
compact - compact; compact, compacter
Row - rangée; tintamarre, canoter, ramer, rangée
scattered - dispersé; disperser, se disperser, éparpiller, parsemer
nobles - nobles; (noble); noble, aristocrate, aristocratique
ample - ample
stretching - l'étirement; étendre, s'étendre, s'étirer, étirement
closely - de pres; ; étroitement, pres
grim - sinistre; sinistre
acres - acres; acre
brick - brique, soutien, rouge brique, en brique, briquer
stone - pierre, roche, caillou, roc
Tom discovered Charing Village presently, and rested himself at the beautiful cross built there by a bereaved king of earlier days; then idled down a quiet, lovely road, past the great cardinal’s stately palace, toward a far more mighty and majestic palace beyond-Westminster. Tom stared in glad wonder at the vast pile of masonry, the wide-spreading wings, the frowning bastions and turrets, the huge stone gateway, with its gilded bars and its magnificent array of colossal granite lions, and other the signs and symbols of English royalty.
discovered - découvert; découvrir, découvrir
Charing - charing; carboniser
rested - reposé; repos
bereaved - en deuil; arracher
idled - au ralenti; au repos
lovely - charmant, beau, cher, irritant, amene, délicieux
cardinal - cardinal, rouge cardinal, cardinal
stately - majestueux; ; imposant
toward - vers, envers, pour, pres de
mighty - puissant
majestic - majestueux
wonder - merveille, se demander, conjecturer
masonry - la maçonnerie; ; maçonnerie
wide - large
wings - des ailes; aile, aile, aile, aile, aile, aile, ailier
frowning - froncer les sourcils; froncer les sourcils
bastions - bastions; bastion
turrets - tourelles; tourelle
huge - énorme
gateway - porte, passerelle, gateway, checkpasserelle
bars - bars; barre, tablette
magnificent - magnifique
array - gamme, kyrielle, ribambelle, éventail, tableau
colossal - colossal
granite - granite, granit
signs and symbols - des signes et des symboles
royalty - la royauté; ; regne, royalty, redevance, droit d'auteur
Was the desire of his soul to be satisfied at last? Here, indeed, was a king’s palace. Might he not hope to see a prince now-a prince of flesh and blood, if Heaven were willing?
soul - âme; âme
be satisfied - etre satisfait
indeed - certainement, vraiment, en effet, bien sur, certes
Heaven - le paradis; ; ciel, paradis, au-dela, cieux
At each side of the gilded gate stood a living statue-that is to say, an erect and stately and motionless man-at-arms, clad from head to heel in shining steel armour. At a respectful distance were many country folk, and people from the city, waiting for any chance glimpse of royalty that might offer.
side - côté; parti, côté, flanc
Gate - la porte; porte
statue - statue
erect - en érection; fonder, érigeons, érigent, érigez, arborer, ériger
motionless - immobile
heel - talon; talon, alinéa
shining - brillant; briller, éclairer
steel armour - armure en acier
respectful - respectueux
distance - distance, éloigner, checks'éloigner
folk - folklorique; ; populaire, peuple
Glimpse - aperçu, entrevoir
Splendid carriages, with splendid people in them and splendid servants outside, were arriving and departing by several other noble gateways that pierced the royal enclosure.
carriages - les wagons; rench: -neededr, carrosse, port, chariot
departing - en partance; (depart); partir, s’en aller, dévier, quitter
several - plusieurs
noble - noble, aristocrate, aristocratique
gateways - passerelles; porte, passerelle, gateway, passerelle, porte
pierced - percé; percer
enclosure - l'enfermement; ; piece jointe, encloitrer, encloîtrer, enclos
Poor little Tom, in his rags, approached, and was moving slowly and timidly past the sentinels, with a beating heart and a rising hope, when all at once he caught sight through the golden bars of a spectacle that almost made him shout for joy. Within was a comely boy, tanned and brown with sturdy outdoor sports and exercises, whose clothing was all of lovely silks and satins, shining with jewels; at his hip a little jewelled sword and dagger; dainty buskins on his feet, with red heels; and on his head a jaunty crimson cap, with drooping plumes fastened with a great sparkling gem.
approached - approché; (s'')approcher (de)
slowly - lentement
timidly - timidement
sentinels - des sentinelles; factionnaire, sentinelle, regarder
beating - battre; ; battage, battement; (beat) battre; ; battage
spectacle - spectacle
almost - presque, quasiment
shout - crier; cri, jacasser, crient, criez, crions
within - a l'intérieur; dedans, avant, d'ici
comely - agréable; ; avenant
tanned - bronzé; tanner
sturdy - solide, costaud, robuste
outdoor - a l'extérieur; ; de plein air, d’extérieur, en plein air
whose - a qui, de qui, dont, duquel (de + lequel), duquel
shining - brillant; tibia
jewels - bijoux; joyau, bijou, pierre d'horlogerie, rubis
Hip - hip; hanche, sciatique
sword - l'épée; ; épée, glaive, épéiste
dagger - poignard; surin
dainty - délicate; ; délicat, mignon
heels - talons; talon
crimson - cramoisi, carmin, pourpre
cap - cap; bonnet, calotte, casquette, toque, képi
drooping - en train de tomber; tomber, s'affaisser, bec
plumes - les panaches; plume(t)
fastened - fixé; attacher, fixer
sparkling - étincelante; ; pétillant
gem - gemme; ; joyau, pierre précieuse, merle blanc, oiseau rare
Several gorgeous gentlemen stood near-his servants, without a doubt. Oh! he was a prince-a prince, a living prince, a real prince-without the shadow of a question; and the prayer of the pauper-boy’s heart was answered at last.
gentlemen - messieurs; gentilhomme, monsieur, messieurs-p
doubt - des doutes; ; douter, doute
shadow - l'ombre; ; ombre, prendre en filature, filer
prayer - oraison, priere
Tom’s breath came quick and short with excitement, and his eyes grew big with wonder and delight. Everything gave way in his mind instantly to one desire: that was to get close to the prince, and have a good, devouring look at him. Before he knew what he was about, he had his face against the gate-bars.
breath - respiration, souffle, haleine
excitement - l'excitation; ; excitation
delight - plaisir, délice, joie, enchanter, ravir
gave way - a cédé le passage
mind - l'esprit; ; esprit, raison, intelligence, mémoire
instantly - instantanément, instamment
devouring - dévorant; dévorer, dévorer, dévorer
The next instant one of the soldiers snatched him rudely away, and sent him spinning among the gaping crowd of country gawks and London idlers. The soldier said,-
instant - instantanée; moment
soldiers - soldats; soldat, mouillette
snatched - arraché; empoigner, happer, saisir, arracher, enlever
rudely - grossierement; bourru
spinning - la filature; ; filer; (spin) la filature; ; filer
gaping - béante; (gap) béante
crowd - foule; acculer, foule, amas, marée humaine
idlers - les roues folles; fainéant, fainéante, fainéant, fainéante
"Mind thy manners, thou young beggar!"
thy - de l'homme; ton/ta, tes
thou - tu; tu
beggar - gueux, mendiant, mendiante, queteux
The crowd jeered and laughed; but the young prince sprang to the gate with his face flushed, and his eyes flashing with indignation, and cried out,-
flushed - rincé; rougeur
indignation - l'indignation; ; indignation
"How dar’st thou use a poor lad like that? How dar’st thou use the King my father’s meanest subject so? Open the gates, and let him in!"
lad - lad; ; garçon, gars, jeune homme, palefrenier
gates - portes; porte, barriere
You should have seen that fickle crowd snatch off their hats then. You should have heard them cheer, and shout, "Long live the Prince of Wales!"
fickle - inconstant; inconstant
snatch - l'arrachage; ; empoigner, happer, saisir, arracher, enlever
cheer - applaudir; jubiler
The soldiers presented arms with their halberds, opened the gates, and presented again as the little Prince of Poverty passed in, in his fluttering rags, to join hands with the Prince of Limitless Plenty.
halberds - hallebardes; hallebarde
poverty - la pauvreté; ; pauvreté
fluttering - flottement; faséyer, voleter, voltiger, battement
limitless - sans limite; ; illimité
plenty - l'abondance; ; abondance
Edward Tudor said-
"Thou lookest tired and hungry: thou’st been treated ill. Come with me."
lookest - regardez
treated - traité; négocier, traiter, traiter, régaler, traiter, guérir
ill - malade, écouré, écourée
Half a dozen attendants sprang forward to-I don’t know what; interfere, no doubt. But they were waved aside with a right royal gesture, and they stopped stock still where they were, like so many statues. Edward took Tom to a rich apartment in the palace, which he called his cabinet. By his command a repast was brought such as Tom had never encountered before except in books.
dozen - douzaine, dizaine
forward - avant; acheminent, acheminer, avanten, acheminons
interfere - meler
waved - salué; vague
gesture - geste, signe
stock still - Toujours en stock
statues - statues; statue
cabinet - armoire, cabinet
Command - commandement, ordre, maîtrise, commande, commander, ordonner
repast - repas
encountered - rencontré; rencontrer, rencontre, rencontre
The prince, with princely delicacy and breeding, sent away the servants, so that his humble guest might not be embarrassed by their critical presence; then he sat near by, and asked questions while Tom ate.
delicacy - délicatesse, gourmandise
breeding - l'élevage; (breed); se reproduire, engendrer, élever, race
sent away - renvoyé
humble - humble; humble
guest - invité, invitée, hôte, rench: invité(e) g
be embarrassed - etre gené
critical - critique
near by - a proximité
"What is thy name, lad?"
"Tom Canty, an’ it please thee, sir."
thee - toi; toi
"‘Tis an odd one. Where dost live?"
Tis - tis; (Ti) tis
odd - rench: t-needed r, bizarre, étrange, impair, a peu pres
"In the city, please thee, sir. Offal Court, out of Pudding Lane."
"Offal Court! Truly ‘tis another odd one. Hast parents?"
truly - vraiment
"Parents have I, sir, and a grand-dam likewise that is but indifferently precious to me, God forgive me if it be offence to say it-also twin sisters, Nan and Bet."
grand - grand; grandiose
dam - barrage; barrage
likewise - de meme
indifferently - avec indifférence
precious - précieux
forgive - pardonner
offence - offense, insulte
twin sisters - des sours jumelles
"Then is thy grand-dam not over kind to thee, I take it?"
"Neither to any other is she, so please your worship. She hath a wicked heart, and worketh evil all her days."
neither - ni l'un ni l'autre; ; aucun des deux, ni X ni Y, non plus
worship - culte, adoration, vénération, vénérer, adorer
wicked - méchante; chicaneur, torve; (wick) méchante; chicaneur, torve
worketh - travaille
evil - le mal; mauvais, torve
"Doth she mistreat thee?"
mistreat - maltraiter
"There be times that she stayeth her hand, being asleep or overcome with drink; but when she hath her judgment clear again, she maketh it up to me with goodly beatings."
stayeth - reste
overcome - vaincre, surmonter, envahir
judgment - jugement, sentence, verdict, jugement dernier
clear - clair, transparent, libre, dégagé, sans ambiguité, s'éclaircir
maketh - fait
goodly - bien
beatings - des coups; battage, battement
A fierce look came into the little prince’s eyes, and he cried out-
fierce - féroce
"What! Beatings?"
"Oh, indeed, yes, please you, sir."
"Beatings!-and thou so frail and little. Hark ye: before the night come, she shall hie her to the Tower. The King my father"-
frail - fragile; souffreteuxse
Hark - hark
ye - ou; lequel
shall - doit; ; rench: '''''shall''' followed by the infinitive is translated using the future tense''
hie - hie; ; se hâter, se dépecher, précipitation
"In sooth, you forget, sir, her low degree. The Tower is for the great alone."
low - faible; inférieure
degree - diplôme, degré, ordre
alone - seul
"True, indeed. I had not thought of that. I will consider of her punishment. Is thy father kind to thee?"
Consider - envisager; ; considérer, examiner, réfléchir, songer
punishment - punition, châtiment
"Not more than Gammer Canty, sir."
Gammer - joueur; (gam) joueur
"Fathers be alike, mayhap. Mine hath not a doll’s temper. He smiteth with a heavy hand, yet spareth me: he spareth me not always with his tongue, though, sooth to say. How doth thy mother use thee?"
alike - comme; ; semblable, pareil, analogue, pareillement
mayhap - peut-etre
mine - la mienne; mienne, miniere
doll - poupée; marionnette, guignol, poupée
temper - caractere, tempérament, humeur, état d'esprit, recuit
smiteth - smiteth
spareth - épargner
tongue - langue, languette
"She is good, sir, and giveth me neither sorrow nor pain of any sort. And Nan and Bet are like to her in this."
giveth - donne
sorrow - peine, chagrin
nor - ni; ; NON-OU
"How old be these?"
"Fifteen, an’ it please you, sir."
"The Lady Elizabeth, my sister, is fourteen, and the Lady Jane Grey, my cousin, is of mine own age, and comely and gracious withal; but my sister the Lady Mary, with her gloomy mien and-Look you: do thy sisters forbid their servants to smile, lest the sin destroy their souls?"
lady - dame, madame, lady
Elizabeth - elizabeth; Élisabeth
Jane - jane; Jeanne
sin - péché; péché, mal
Mary - marie; Marie, Marie
gloomy - morose; ; lugubre, sombre, terne, maussade
mien - mien; ; mine
forbid - interdire, nier, dénier
destroy - détruire, euthanasier
souls - âmes; âme
"They? Oh, dost think, sir, that they have servants?"
The little prince contemplated the little pauper gravely a moment, then said-
contemplated - envisagée; envisager, étudier, contempler
gravely - gravement
"And prithee, why not? Who helpeth them undress at night? Who attireth them when they rise?"
prithee - Precher
helpeth - aide
undress - se déshabiller; ; déshabiller
attireth - s'habille
rise - hausse; remonte, élévation, débout, surcroît
"None, sir. Would’st have them take off their garment, and sleep without-like the beasts?"
none - aucun; ne nulle
garment - de l'habillement; ; vetement
beasts - betes; bete, bete sauvage, bete
"Their garment! Have they but one?"
"Ah, good your worship, what would they do with more? Truly they have not two bodies each."
"It is a quaint and marvellous thought! Thy pardon, I had not meant to laugh. But thy good Nan and thy Bet shall have raiment and lackeys enow, and that soon, too: my cofferer shall look to it. No, thank me not; ‘tis nothing. Thou speakest well; thou hast an easy grace in it. Art learned?"
quaint - pittoresque; singulier, intéressant, curieux
Pardon - pardon, grâce, pardonner, gracier, désolé, excusez-moi
raiment - vetements
lackeys - laquais; laquais, laquais
enow - enow
cofferer - cafetier
speakest - parlez-vous
grace - bénédicité, grâces, grâce, miséricorde
"I know not if I am or not, sir. The good priest that is called Father Andrew taught me, of his kindness, from his books."
kindness - la gentillesse; ; bonté
"Know’st thou the Latin?"
"But scantly, sir, I doubt."
scantly - avec parcimonie
"Learn it, lad: ’tis hard only at first. The Greek is harder; but neither these nor any tongues else, I think, are hard to the Lady Elizabeth and my cousin. Thou should’st hear those damsels at it! But tell me of thy Offal Court. Hast thou a pleasant life there?"
Greek - grec, grec, grecque, grecques
tongues - langues; langue, languette
those - ceux-ci; ; ces, celles-la, ceux-la
damsels - des demoiselles; demoiselle, jeune femme, jeune fille
"in truth, yes, so please you, sir, save when one is hungry. There be Punch-and-Judy shows, and monkeys-oh such antic creatures! and so bravely dressed!-and there be plays wherein they that play do shout and fight till all are slain, and ‘tis so fine to see, and costeth but a farthing-albeit ‘tis main hard to get the farthing, please your worship."
in truth - en vérité
Punch - un coup de poing; poinçonnez, poinçonnent, poinçonner
monkeys - des singes; singe, guenon
antic - antic
creatures - créatures; créature, etre
bravely - courageusement; ; bravement
wherein - ou
fight - combattre; combattons, rixe, combattre, combattez, combattent
slain - tué; tuer
costeth - coute
farthing - farthing
albeit - quoique
"Tell me more."
"We lads of Offal Court do strive against each other with the cudgel, like to the fashion of the ‘prentices, sometimes."
lads - les gars; garçon, garçon, gars, jeune homme, palefrenier
strive - s'efforcer; s''efforcer de
Cudgel - cudgel; ; gourdin
The prince’s eyes flashed. Said he-
flashed - flashé; éclair, lueur
"Marry, that would not I mislike. Tell me more."
marry - se marier; marions, marient, épousez, mariez, se marier
mislike - mal aimé
"We strive in races, sir, to see who of us shall be fleetest."
races - les courses; course
fleetest - la flotte; flotte
"That would I like also. Speak on."
"In summer, sir, we wade and swim in the canals and in the river, and each doth duck his neighbour, and splatter him with water, and dive and shout and tumble and-"
wade - wade; patauger (dans)
canals - canaux; canal, canal
Duck - canard; cane, canard
splatter - éclaboussures; ; éclaboussure, éclabousser
dive - plongée; plongeons, plongez, plonge, plongent, plonger
tumble - culbute, dégringoler, culbuter
"‘Twould be worth my father’s kingdom but to enjoy it once! Prithee go on."
twould - le feraient-ils
worth - valeur; valeur
"We dance and sing about the Maypole in Cheapside; we play in the sand, each covering his neighbour up; and times we make mud pastry-oh the lovely mud, it hath not its like for delightfulness in all the world!-we do fairly wallow in the mud, sir, saving your worship’s presence."
sand - sable; sableuxse, sable
covering - la couverture; bâchant, couvrant; (cover); couvercle
pastry - pâtisserie
delightfulness - de l'enchantement
fairly - équitable; ; justement, assez
wallow - se vautrer; se vautrer
saving - sauver; ; économie, épargne; (save); sauver, sauvegarder
"Oh, prithee, say no more, ‘tis glorious! If that I could but clothe me in raiment like to thine, and strip my feet, and revel in the mud once, just once, with none to rebuke me or forbid, meseemeth I could forego the crown!"
glorious - glorieux, splendide
clothe - vetir, habiller
thine - ton, ta, tes, le tien, la tienne
strip - de la bande; bandeau, dégarnir, dépouillons, frange, dépouillez
revel - révélation; se délecter (de)
rebuke - la réprimande; ; reproche, réprimande, reprendre, réprimander
forego - renoncer
crown - couronne; couronner, couronne
"And if that I could clothe me once, sweet sir, as thou art clad-just once-"
sweet - doux; ; doucement, friandise, bonbon, sucreries
"Oho, would’st like it? Then so shall it be. Doff thy rags, and don these splendours, lad! It is a brief happiness, but will be not less keen for that. We will have it while we may, and change again before any come to molest."
Oho - oho
doff - doff
brief - bref, court
Happiness - le bonheur; ; bonheur
keen - enthousiaste; désireux, poivré, vif
molest - molester; ; embeter, violer, abuser
A few minutes later the little Prince of Wales was garlanded with Tom’s fluttering odds and ends, and the little Prince of Pauperdom was tricked out in the gaudy plumage of royalty. The two went and stood side by side before a great mirror, and lo, a miracle: there did not seem to have been any change made! They stared at each other, then at the glass, then at each other again. At last the puzzled princeling said-
garlanded - en guirlande; guirlande, rench: -neededr
odds - des cotes; rench: -neededr, bizarre, étrange, impair
tricked - piégé; tour, tour, astuce, truc, rench: -neededr, pli, levée
gaudy - criardes; criard
plumage - plumage, plume (pars pro toto), plumée, pennage
mirror - glace, miroir, copie, refléter
miracle - miracle
Seem - sembler, paraître, avoir l'air
puzzled - perplexe; mystere, énigme, puzzle, casse-tete, jeu de patience
princeling - princeling
"What dost thou make of this?"
"Ah, good your worship, require me not to answer. It is not meet that one of my degree should utter the thing."
require - exiger, demander, avoir besoin de, requérir, nécessiter
utter - l'utérus; émettre
"Then will I utter it. Thou hast the same hair, the same eyes, the same voice and manner, the same form and stature, the same face and countenance that I bear. Fared we forth naked, there is none could say which was you, and which the Prince of Wales. And, now that I am clothed as thou wert clothed, it seemeth I should be able the more nearly to feel as thou didst when the brute soldier-Hark ye, is not this a bruise upon your hand?"
voice - voix; voix
manner - maniere; ; maniere, façon, mode
countenance - visage, approuver
bear - ours; endurer, naîs, produire, ours, souffrir, subir
naked - nue; nu, a poil, dénudé
clothed - habillé; vetir, habiller
seemeth - semble
brute - brute; bete, brutal
soldier - soldat, mouillette
bruise - ecchymoses; ; contusionner, meurtrir, taler, cotir, se taler
"Yes; but it is a slight thing, and your worship knoweth that the poor man-at-arms-"
Slight - insignifiant, léger
knoweth - sait
"Peace! It was a shameful thing and a cruel!" cried the little prince, stamping his bare foot. "If the King-Stir not a step till I come again! It is a command!"
peace - la paix; ; paix, tranquillité
shameful - honteux, scandaleux
cruel - cruel; cruel
stamping - l'estampillage; (stamp); cachet, tampon, timbre, taper du pied
stir - remuer; affecter
step - étape; marche
In a moment he had snatched up and put away an article of national importance that lay upon a table, and was out at the door and flying through the palace grounds in his bannered rags, with a hot face and glowing eyes. As soon as he reached the great gate, he seized the bars, and tried to shake them, shouting-
snatched up - arraché
put away - mis de côté
national - nationale; ; national
importance - importance
flying through - qui passe a travers
bannered - en banniere; banniere
glowing - rayonnante; briller, luire, irradier, briller, lueur, lueur
seized - saisi; saisir, saisir
shake - secouer, agiter, se serrer la main, secousse
"Open! Unbar the gates!"
unbar - unbar; débarrer
The soldier that had maltreated Tom obeyed promptly; and as the prince burst through the portal, half-smothered with royal wrath, the soldier fetched him a sounding box on the ear that sent him whirling to the roadway, and said-
obeyed - obéi; obéir, obtempérer
promptly - rapidement
burst - l'éclatement; ; éclater, faire éclater, rompre, briser
portal - portique, portail, veine porte
smothered - étouffé; étouffer
wrath - colere; ; fureur, courroux, ire, colere
fetched - fouillé; aller chercher
whirling - tourbillonnant; (whirl); tourbillonner
roadway - la chaussée; ; chaussée
"Take that, thou beggar’s spawn, for what thou got’st me from his Highness!"
spawn - l'enracinement; oeufs
The crowd roared with laughter. The prince picked himself out of the mud, and made fiercely at the sentry, shouting-
roared - a rugi; rugir, hurler, s'esclaffer, rire aux éclats
laughter - rires; ; rire
picked - choisi; pioche, passe-partout, choix, écran, prendre, cueillir
fiercely - férocement; ; âprement, farouchement
sentry - sentinelle
"I am the Prince of Wales, my person is sacred; and thou shalt hang for laying thy hand upon me!"
sacred - sacrée; sacré, saint
shalt - shalt; rench: '''''shall''' followed by the infinitive is translated using the future tense''
hang - pendre; pendre, planement
laying - pose; (lay) pose
The soldier brought his halberd to a present-arms and said mockingly-
halberd - hallebarde
mockingly - en se moquant
"I salute your gracious Highness." Then angrily-"be off, thou crazy rubbish!"
salute - saluer, faire un salut
be off - etre éteint
crazy - fou, insensé, avoir une araignée au plafond, chtarbé
rubbish - des déchets; ; absurdités, inepties, décombres, pourri
Here the jeering crowd closed round the poor little prince, and hustled him far down the road, hooting him, and shouting-
jeering - des railleries; (jeer) des railleries
round - ronde; cyclo, ronde, arrondissent, arrondis, arrondir
hustled - bousculé; bousculer, bousculade
hooting - hululer; huées-p, hululement, ululement, huer, hululer, ululer
"Way for his Royal Highness! Way for the Prince of Wales!"
troubles - des problemes; peine, mal, probleme, emmerde, peine, fr
After hours of persistent pursuit and persecution, the little prince was at last deserted by the rabble and left to himself. As long as he had been able to rage against the mob, and threaten it royally, and royally utter commands that were good stuff to laugh at, he was very entertaining; but when weariness finally forced him to be silent, he was no longer of use to his tormentors, and they sought amusement elsewhere. He looked about him, now, but could not recognise the locality. He was within the city of London-that was all he knew. He moved on, aimlessly, and in a little while the houses thinned, and the passers-by were infrequent. He bathed his bleeding feet in the brook which flowed then where Farringdon Street now is; rested a few moments, then passed on, and presently came upon a great space with only a few scattered houses in it, and a prodigious church.
persistent - persistante; ; persistant, tenace
pursuit - poursuite
persecution - la persécution; ; persécution
deserted - désertée; abandonner
rage - rage, furie, fureur, courroux, rager, faire rage
mob - mob; cohue
threaten - menacer
royally - royalement
commands - des commandes; commandement, ordre, maîtrise, commandement
stuff - trucs; ; truc, substance (1), checkmachin (2), checktruc (2)
entertaining - divertissant, distrayant; (entertain); divertir, recevoir
finally - enfin, définitivement
forced - forcée; force
be silent - se taire
tormentors - les bourreaux; bourreau
sought - recherchée; chercher
elsewhere - ailleurs
recognise - reconnaître
locality - région, quartier, voisinage, localité
aimlessly - sans but précis; ; sans but, au hasard
infrequent - peu fréquents
bleeding - des saignements; ; saignant, saignement
brook - ruisseau; ruisseau
flowed - s'est écoulée; couler
prodigious - prodigieux
church - église, culte, misse
He recognised this church. Scaffoldings were about, everywhere, and swarms of workmen; for it was undergoing elaborate repairs. The prince took heart at once-he felt that his troubles were at an end, now. He said to himself, "It is the ancient Grey Friars’ Church, which the king my father hath taken from the monks and given for a home for ever for poor and forsaken children, and new-named it Christ’s Church. Right gladly will they serve the son of him who hath done so generously by them-and the more that that son is himself as poor and as forlorn as any that be sheltered here this day, or ever shall be."
everywhere - partout
swarms - essaims; essaim (flying insects)
workmen - des ouvriers; ouvrier
undergoing - en cours; subir, subir
repairs - des réparations; réparer
took heart - a pris le cour
friars - freres; frere
monks - moines; moine
for ever - pour toujours
forsaken - abandonné; abandonner, renoncer
Christ - le christ; Christ, Messie, Christ, Christ, bon Dieu de merde
gladly - heureusement, volontiers
serve - service, servir, signifier, purger
sheltered - a l'abri; abri, refuge, abriter, abriter
He was soon in the midst of a crowd of boys who were running, jumping, playing at ball and leap-frog, and otherwise disporting themselves, and right noisily, too.
midst - centre, milieu
jumping - sauter; (faire) sauter
leap - saut; sauter
frog - grenouille; grenouille
otherwise - autrement
disporting - le déport; s'amuser, divertissement
noisily - bruyamment
They were all dressed alike, and in the fashion which in that day prevailed among serving-men and ‘prentices{1}-that is to say, each had on the crown of his head a flat black cap about the size of a saucer, which was not useful as a covering, it being of such scanty dimensions, neither was it ornamental; from beneath it the hair fell, unparted, to the middle of the forehead, and was cropped straight around; a clerical band at the neck; a blue gown that fitted closely and hung as low as the knees or lower; full sleeves; a broad red belt; bright yellow stockings, gartered above the knees; low shoes with large metal buckles. It was a sufficiently ugly costume.
prevailed - a prévalu; dominer, prévaloir, l'emporter, prédominer
serving - servir; ; portion; (serve); service, servir, signifier, purger
size - taille; ampleur, pointure
saucer - soucoupe, sous-tasse
scanty - maigre, insuffisant
dimensions - dimensions; dimension, dimension, dimension, dimension
ornamental - ornemental, ornemental, ornementale
beneath - dessous
unparted - non séparé
Middle - au milieu; ; milieu, moyen, central
forehead - front
cropped - recadré; récolte, produits agricoles
straight - droit, rectiligne, comme il faut, pur, pure, hétéro, tout droit
clerical - administratif, clérical
neck - cou; cou, kiki
gown - robe, toge (general term, especially Roman Antiquity)
fitted - adapté; en forme
hung - accroché; suspendre, etre accroché
lower - plus bas; abaisser, en privé, rabattre, baissent
sleeves - manches; manche, chemise (inner), gaine (outer), manchon
broad - large; large
belt - ceinture, courroie, région
bright yellow - jaune vif
stockings - bas; bas
gartered - gartered; jarretiere, jarretelle
metal - métal, metal
buckles - boucles; boucle
sufficiently - suffisamment
ugly - laid, moche, vilain
costume - costume, déguisement
The boys stopped their play and flocked about the prince, who said with native dignity-
flocked - floqué; troupeau
native - maternel, autochtone, indigene, natif, endémique
dignity - dignité, forme, rang
"Good lads, say to your master that Edward Prince of Wales desireth speech with him."
Master - maître; patron, maîtriser, maître, maitre, maîtrisent
desireth - désire
A great shout went up at this, and one rude fellow said-
rude - grossier; ; impoli, malpoli
fellow - un camarade; ensemble, mâle
"Marry, art thou his grace’s messenger, beggar?"
messenger - messager, coursier
The prince’s face flushed with anger, and his ready hand flew to his hip, but there was nothing there. There was a storm of laughter, and one boy said-
anger - la colere; ; colere, ire, courroux, rage
storm - tempete; orage, tempete
"Didst mark that? He fancied he had a sword-belike he is the prince himself."
fancied - aimée; envie, caprice
belike - comme
This sally brought more laughter. Poor Edward drew himself up proudly and said-
sally - sally; sortie
proudly - fierement; ; fierement
"I am the prince; and it ill beseemeth you that feed upon the king my father’s bounty to use me so."
feed - l'alimentation; nourrir, alimentent, alimentez, alimentons
bounty - don, prime
This was vastly enjoyed, as the laughter testified. The youth who had first spoken, shouted to his comrades-
vastly - largement; ; beaucoup
testified - a témoigné; témoigner, attester
youth - la jeunesse; ; jeunesse, jeune, jeune homme, les jeunes
shouted - crié; cri
"Ho, swine, slaves, pensioners of his grace’s princely father, where be your manners? Down on your marrow bones, all of ye, and do reverence to his kingly port and royal rags!"
swine - porcs; ; porc, vermine, an
slaves - esclaves; esclave, t+serf, t+serve, esclave
pensioners - les retraités; retraité, retraitée
marrow - moelle; moelle
bones - os; os
reverence - révérence
kingly - royal
port - port; connexion
With boisterous mirth they dropped upon their knees in a body and did mock homage to their prey. The prince spurned the nearest boy with his foot, and said fiercely-
boisterous - bruyante; ; bruyant, tapageur, turbulent
mirth - l'humour; ; gaieté
dropped - a déposé; goutte
homage - hommage
prey - la proie; ; butin, prise, proie
spurned - éconduit; renier, dédaigner, dédaigner, coup de pied
"Take thou that, till the morrow come and I build thee a gibbet!"
morrow - lendemain, matin
gibbet - gibet, potence
Ah, but this was not a joke-this was going beyond fun. The laughter ceased on the instant, and fury took its place. A dozen shouted-
joke - plaisanterie, blague, joke, raté
"Hale him forth! To the horse-pond, to the horse-pond! Where be the dogs? Ho, there, Lion! ho, Fangs!"
hale - hale
pond - étang; étang, mare
fangs - des crocs; croc
Then followed such a thing as England had never seen before-the sacred person of the heir to the throne rudely buffeted by plebeian hands, and set upon and torn by dogs.
heir - héritier, héritiere, successeur, successeuse
throne - trône
buffeted - buffeted; claque
plebeian - plébéien
set - set; ; Seth
torn - déchiré; larme
As night drew to a close that day, the prince found himself far down in the close-built portion of the city. His body was bruised, his hands were bleeding, and his rags were all besmirched with mud. He wandered on and on, and grew more and more bewildered, and so tired and faint he could hardly drag one foot after the other. He had ceased to ask questions of anyone, since they brought him only insult instead of information. He kept muttering to himself, "Offal Court-that is the name; if I can but find it before my strength is wholly spent and I drop, then am I saved-for his people will take me to the palace and prove that I am none of theirs, but the true prince, and I shall have mine own again.
portion - part, portion
bruised - contusionné; contusionner, meurtrir, taler, cotir, se taler
besmirched - sali; salir, salir, avilir
more bewildered - plus déconcertée
faint - évanouissement; s'évanouir, défailles, défaillez, défaillir
drag - draguer; transbahuter, traîner
Since - depuis lors; ; depuis, depuis que, puisque, vu que
insult - insultes; ; insulter, insulte
muttering - marmonner; ; grommellement; (mutter) marmonner; ; grommellement
strength - la force; ; force, vigueur, effectif, point fort
wholly - entierement
drop - chute; goutte, tomber
saved - sauvée; sauver, sauvegarder, épargner, préserver, protéger
Prove - prouver; éprouvent, éprouvons, éprouvez, prouvent, prouver
And now and then his mind reverted to his treatment by those rude Christ’s Hospital boys, and he said, "When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart. I will keep this diligently in my remembrance, that this day’s lesson be not lost upon me, and my people suffer thereby; for learning softeneth the heart and breedeth gentleness and charity." {1}
reverted - inversé; conversion, retomber, retourner, redevenir, renvoyer
treatment - traitement
shelter - l'abri; ; abri, refuge, abriter
teachings - des enseignements; (d'')enseignement
belly - ventre
starved - affamés; mourir de faim, mourir de faim, crever de faim
diligently - avec diligence
suffer - souffrir, souffrir de, pâtir de, endurer, supporter, subir
thereby - et donc; ; ainsi, de ce fait, par la
softeneth - s'adoucit
breedeth - se reproduit
gentleness - la douceur; ; rench:
charity - la charité; ; charité, organisme de charité
The lights began to twinkle, it came on to rain, the wind rose, and a raw and gusty night set in. The houseless prince, the homeless heir to the throne of England, still moved on, drifting deeper into the maze of squalid alleys where the swarming hives of poverty and misery were massed together.
Twinkle - twinkle; ; briller, cligner, virevolter
wind - vent; emmailloter, détortiller, langer, enrouler, vent
rose - Rose; (rise); Rose
raw - cru, brut, nu
gusty - grose
houseless - sans logement
homeless - sans-abri; ; SDF (sans domicile fixe), itinérant
drifting - a la dérive; dérive, dériver, errer, dévier
deeper - plus profond; profond, épais, profond, grave, foncé, foncée
maze - labyrinthe; ; dédale
squalid - sordide; sordide
alleys - les allées; ruelle, allée
swarming - l'essaimage; (swarm); essaim (flying insects)
hives - ruches; ruche
misery - la misere; ; misere
massed - en masse; Masse, Massé
Suddenly a great drunken ruffian collared him and said-
suddenly - soudain; ; soudainement, tout d'un coup
drunken - ivre
ruffian - ruffian; ; rufian, voyou, brute
collared - en collier; col, collier, collier
"Out to this time of night again, and hast not brought a farthing home, I warrant me! If it be so, an’ I do not break all the bones in thy lean body, then am I not John Canty, but some other."
warrant - garantie, mandat, mandat de conformité
lean - maigre; maigre, adossons, adossent, appuyer, adossez
The prince twisted himself loose, unconsciously brushed his profaned shoulder, and eagerly said-
twisted - tordu; twist, torsion, entortiller, tordre
loose - en vrac; ample, desserré
brushed - brossé; brosse, brossage, accrochage, brosser, brosser
profaned - profanée; impur, profane, sale, profane, sacrilege, profaner
eagerly - avec empressement; ; avidement
"Oh, art his father, truly? Sweet heaven grant it be so-then wilt thou fetch him away and restore me!"
Grant - la subvention; ; accorder, admettre
wilt - flétrir; flétris, flétrissons, flétrir, flétrissez
fetch - chercher; apporter, aveignez, amener, aveignent, apportons
restore - restaurer, rétablir, rendre, restituer
"His father? I know not what thou mean’st; I but know I am thy father, as thou shalt soon have cause to-"
cause - cause, raison, causer
"Oh, jest not, palter not, delay not!-I am worn, I am wounded, I can bear no more. Take me to the king my father, and he will make thee rich beyond thy wildest dreams. Believe me, man, believe me!-I speak no lie, but only the truth!-put forth thy hand and save me! I am indeed the Prince of Wales!"
jest - jest; plaisanter
palter - palter
delay - délai; ajourner, décélération, surseoir, retard, retarder
wildest - le plus sauvage; sauvage
lie - mentir; mentir, mensonge, mentez, gésir, gis, mentons
truth - la vérité; ; vérité
The man stared down, stupefied, upon the lad, then shook his head and muttered-
stupefied - stupéfait; stupéfier, abrutir, hébéter, sidérer, abasourdir
shook - secoué; (shake); secouer, agiter, se serrer la main, secousse
muttered - marmonné; marmonner
"Gone stark mad as any Tom o’ Bedlam!"-then collared him once more, and said with a coarse laugh and an oath, "But mad or no mad, I and thy Gammer Canty will soon find where the soft places in thy bones lie, or I’m no true man!"
Stark - stark; austere, désolé
bedlam - le chaos; ; cour du roi Pétaud, pétaudiere
coarse - grossier, brut, vulgaire
oath - serment, juron, jurer
soft - souple; moelleux, alcoolsans, mou, doux
With this he dragged the frantic and struggling prince away, and disappeared up a front court followed by a delighted and noisy swarm of human vermin.
dragged - traîné; tirer, entraîner
frantic - éperdu, paniqué, frénétique
struggling - en difficulté; luttant; (struggle); lutte, lutter, s'efforcer
disappeared - a disparu; disparaître
front court - l'avant du terrain
delighted - ravie; plaisir, délice, joie, enchanter, ravir
noisy - bruyante; ; bruyant, tonitruant
swarm - essaim (flying insects), grouillement (crawling insects), nuée
human - humain
vermin - la vermine; ; vermine
Tom Canty, left alone in the prince’s cabinet, made good use of his opportunity. He turned himself this way and that before the great mirror, admiring his finery; then walked away, imitating the prince’s high-bred carriage, and still observing results in the glass.
opportunity - occasion, opportunité, occasion favorable, chance
admiring - admiratif; admirer
finery - parure
imitating - l'imitation; imiter
bred - élevé; (breed); se reproduire, engendrer, élever, race
carriage - transport; ; rench: t-needed r, carrosse, port, chariot
observing - l'observation; observer, remarquer, respecter, observer, garder
Next he drew the beautiful sword, and bowed, kissing the blade, and laying it across his breast, as he had seen a noble knight do, by way of salute to the lieutenant of the Tower, five or six weeks before, when delivering the great lords of Norfolk and Surrey into his hands for captivity. Tom played with the jewelled dagger that hung upon his thigh; he examined the costly and exquisite ornaments of the room; he tried each of the sumptuous chairs, and thought how proud he would be if the Offal Court herd could only peep in and see him in his grandeur. He wondered if they would believe the marvellous tale he should tell when he got home, or if they would shake their heads, and say his overtaxed imagination had at last upset his reason.
bowed - incliné; (s'')incliner devant, saluer d''un signe de tete
kissing - s'embrasser; (s'')embrasser
blade - lame
breast - sein, poitrine, cour, poitrail, blanc
Knight - chevalier; chevalier
lieutenant - lieutenant
delivering - livrant; accoucher, livrer, livrer, remettre
Norfolk - Norfolk
captivity - captivité
thigh - cuisse
examined - examinés; examiner, examiner
costly - couteux; ; couteux, lourd
exquisite - exquis
ornaments - ornements; ornement, ornement musical
sumptuous - somptueux
proud - fiers; ; fier, orgueilleux
herd - troupeau; troupeau
peep - peep; gazouiller, pépier
grandeur - grandeur; ; splendeur
wondered - s'est demandé; merveille, étonner
Tale - conte; conte, récit
overtaxed - surtaxés; abuser de, surtaxer (financially)
upset - fâché, dérangé, perturbé, bouleversé, remué, énerver
At the end of half an hour it suddenly occurred to him that the prince was gone a long time; then right away he began to feel lonely; very soon he fell to listening and longing, and ceased to toy with the pretty things about him; he grew uneasy, then restless, then distressed. Suppose some one should come, and catch him in the prince’s clothes, and the prince not there to explain. Might they not hang him at once, and inquire into his case afterward?
occurred - s'est produite; produire
lonely - solitaire; ; seul, désert, abandonné
toy - jouet, jouer (avec), caresser
uneasy - mal a l'aise; inquiet
restless - inquiet, agité, checkimpatient
distressed - en détresse; détresse, détresse, détresse
suppose - supposer, imaginer
catch - attraper; ; prise, touche, loquet, loqueteau, verrou, hic
inquire - demander; ; enqueter
case - cas; affaire, fouille, étui, chose, cas
afterward - apres
He had heard that the great were prompt about small matters. His fear rose higher and higher; and trembling he softly opened the door to the antechamber, resolved to fly and seek the prince, and, through him, protection and release. Six gorgeous gentlemen-servants and two young pages of high degree, clothed like butterflies, sprang to their feet and bowed low before him. He stepped quickly back and shut the door. He said-
prompt - rapide; ; ponctuel, indicateur, invite de commande, inciter
matters - questions; matiere, matiere, matiere, affaire, question, cause
fear - peur; angoisse, craignent, crainte, crains, craignons
softly - en douceur; ; doucement
antechamber - antichambre
resolved - résolu; prendre la résolution de
seek - chercher
protection - protection
release - libération; lâcher, libération, laisser, acquitement, libérent
butterflies - des papillons; papillon, pansement papillon
stepped - en escalier; steppe
shut - fermé; fermer
"Oh, they mock at me! They will go and tell. Oh! why came I here to cast away my life?"
cast - casting; ; jeter, diriger, lancer, additionner, sommer, muer
He walked up and down the floor, filled with nameless fears, listening, starting at every trifling sound. Presently the door swung open, and a silken page said-
nameless - sans nom, innomé
fears - des craintes; peur
trifling - insignifiant; ; futile; (trifle); bagatelle, broutille, babiole
swung - balancé; osciller, se balancer, balancer, swinguer, balancer
silken - en soie; ; soyeux
"The Lady Jane Grey."
The door closed and a sweet young girl, richly clad, bounded toward him. But she stopped suddenly, and said in a distressed voice-
"Oh, what aileth thee, my lord?"
Lord - châtelain, seigneur, monsieur
Tom’s breath was nearly failing him; but he made shift to stammer out-
shift - changement; ; quart, équipe, poste, décalage, vitesse
stammer - balbutier, bégayer, bégaiement
"Ah, be merciful, thou! In sooth I am no lord, but only poor Tom Canty of Offal Court in the city. Prithee let me see the prince, and he will of his grace restore to me my rags, and let me hence unhurt. Oh, be thou merciful, and save me!"
merciful - miséricordieux
hence - d'ou; ; d'ici, ainsi, donc, d'ou
unhurt - indemne
By this time the boy was on his knees, and supplicating with his eyes and uplifted hands as well as with his tongue. The young girl seemed horror-stricken. She cried out-
supplicating - suppliante; supplier
uplifted - élevé; élever, transcender, promouvoir, exalter, soulevement
horror - l'horreur; ; horreur, effroi, dégout, aversion
"O my lord, on thy knees?-and to me!"
Then she fled away in fright; and Tom, smitten with despair, sank down, murmuring-
fled - fui; s'enfuir, prendre la fuite, fuir, échapper
fright - d'effroi; anxiété, peur, frayeur
smitten - amoureux; frapper, frapper
despair - le désespoir; ; désespérer, désespoir
sank - a coulé; couler, s'enfoncer, couler, évier, lavabo
murmuring - murmure; (murmur); murmure, rumeur, souffle, murmurer
"There is no help, there is no hope. Now will they come and take me."
Whilst he lay there benumbed with terror, dreadful tidings were speeding through the palace. The whisper-for it was whispered always-flew from menial to menial, from lord to lady, down all the long corridors, from story to story, from saloon to saloon, "The prince hath gone mad, the prince hath gone mad!
whilst - tout en
terror - la terreur; ; terreur, effroi, terrorisme
tidings - des nouvelles; nouvelle
speeding - exces de vitesse; ; exces de vitesse; (speed) exces de vitesse; ; exces de vitesse
whispered - chuchoté; chuchotement, chuchoter, susurrer, murmurer
menial - de la vie quotidienne; ; ancillaire, subalterne, domestique
corridors - couloirs; couloir, corridor, corridor, couloir, couloir aérien
saloon - saloon
Soon every saloon, every marble hall, had its groups of glittering lords and ladies, and other groups of dazzling lesser folk, talking earnestly together in whispers, and every face had in it dismay. Presently a splendid official came marching by these groups, making solemn proclamation-
marble - marbre, bille, grillot, marbrer
hall - couloir, corridor, salle, salon, manoir, foyer
lesser - moins (de), inférieur (a)
earnestly - sincerement; ; sérieusement
whispers - chuchotements; chuchotement, chuchoter, susurrer, murmurer
dismay - affliger, mortifier, avoir peur, désarroi, consternation
official - officielle; ; officiel, cadre, fonctionnaire
solemn - solennel
proclamation - proclamation
"IN THE NAME OF THE KING!
Let none list to this false and foolish matter, upon pain of death, nor discuss the same, nor carry it abroad. In the name of the King!"
foolish - sot, stupide, bete, idiot
matter - matiere; ; matiere, affaire, question, cause, substance
Death - mort, déces, camarde, la mort, l'arcane sans nom
abroad - a l'étranger; ; a l'étranger, de tous côtés
The whisperings ceased as suddenly as if the whisperers had been stricken dumb.
whisperings - chuchotements; chuchotement
whisperers - chuchoteurs; chuchoteur, chuchoteuse
dumb - stupide; muet
Soon there was a general buzz along the corridors, of "The prince! See, the prince comes!"
buzz - buzz; ; coup de fil, bourdonner, raser, tondre
Poor Tom came slowly walking past the low-bowing groups, trying to bow in return, and meekly gazing upon his strange surroundings with bewildered and pathetic eyes. Great nobles walked upon each side of him, making him lean upon them, and so steady his steps. Behind him followed the court-physicians and some servants.
bowing - s'incliner; (bow) s'incliner
meekly - docilement; ; humblement
gazing - regarder; fixer
strange - étrange, anormal, inconnu, étranger
bewildered - déconcertés; abasourdir, confondre, déconcerter, dérouter
pathetic - pathétique
steady - stable; ; lisse, régulier
steps - étapes; pas
physicians - médecins; médecin, femme médecin, docteur
Presently Tom found himself in a noble apartment of the palace and heard the door close behind him. Around him stood those who had come with him. Before him, at a little distance, reclined a very large and very fat man, with a wide, pulpy face, and a stern expression. His large head was very grey; and his whiskers, which he wore only around his face, like a frame, were grey also.
pulpy - pulpeux, feuilletonesque
stern - sévere; poupe
expression - expression
whiskers - moustaches; favoris-p, poil de barbe, moustache, vibrisse
frame - encadrer, cadre, armature, ossature, image, manche, frame, trame
His clothing was of rich stuff, but old, and slightly frayed in places. One of his swollen legs had a pillow under it, and was wrapped in bandages. There was silence now; and there was no head there but was bent in reverence, except this man’s. This stern-countenanced invalid was the dread Henry VIII. He said-and his face grew gentle as he began to speak-
slightly - légerement; ; finement, délicatement, légerement
frayed - effiloché; (s'')effilocher
swollen - gonflé; enfler, gonfler
pillow - oreiller, tetiere
under it - en dessous
wrapped - enveloppé; enrouler (autour de)
bandages - des bandages; bandage, pansement, panser
silence - le silence; ; silence
bent - plié; courba, courbai, courbés, courbé, cambrai
countenanced - toléré; visage, approuver
invalid - invalide; périmé
dread - peur; ; redouter, craindre, crainte
gentle - gentil, doux
"How now, my lord Edward, my prince? Hast been minded to cozen me, the good King thy father, who loveth thee, and kindly useth thee, with a sorry jest?"
minded - mentales; esprit, t+raison, t+intelligence, mémoire
cozen - cozen
loveth - aime
kindly - avec bienveillance
useth - utilise
Poor Tom was listening, as well as his dazed faculties would let him, to the beginning of this speech; but when the words ‘me, the good King’ fell upon his ear, his face blanched, and he dropped as instantly upon his knees as if a shot had brought him there. Lifting up his hands, he exclaimed-
dazed - étourdi; stupéfaction, étourdir, abasourdir
faculties - facultés; faculté
shot - tir; tirai, tiré, tirâmes, tirerent, tira
lifting - de levage; soulever
exclaimed - s'est exclamé; exclamer
"Thou the King? Then am I undone indeed!"
undone - défait; défaire
This speech seemed to stun the King. His eyes wandered from face to face aimlessly, then rested, bewildered, upon the boy before him. Then he said in a tone of deep disappointment-
stun - l'étourdissement; ; étourdir, étonner, époustoufler
tone - ton; tonalité, ton, tonale
disappointment - déception
"Alack, I had believed the rumour disproportioned to the truth; but I fear me ‘tis not so." He breathed a heavy sigh, and said in a gentle voice, "Come to thy father, child: thou art not well."
Alack - alack; ; hélas
rumour - rumeur; bruit
breathed - respiré; respirer, inspirer, expirer, respirer
sigh - soupir; soupir
Tom was assisted to his feet, and approached the Majesty of England, humble and trembling. The King took the frightened face between his hands, and gazed earnestly and lovingly into it awhile, as if seeking some grateful sign of returning reason there, then pressed the curly head against his breast, and patted it tenderly. Presently he said-
assisted - assistée; assister, aider, passe décisive
Majesty - majesté
frightened - effrayé; effrayer, redouter, terrifier
gazed - regardé; fixer
lovingly - avec amour
awhile - pendant ce temps; ; un moment, un peu, un instant
seeking - a la recherche; chercher
grateful - reconnaissant
sign - signe; signent, signez, placard, caractériser, signe
pressed - pressé; appuyer sur, presser
curly - bouclé, frisé, courbe, courbé
patted - tapoté; petite tape
tenderly - tendrement
"Dost not know thy father, child? Break not mine old heart; say thou know’st me. Thou dost know me, dost thou not?"
"Yea: thou art my dread lord the King, whom God preserve!"
Yea - oui
preserve - confiture, conserve, réserve naturelle, domaine réservé
"True, true-that is well-be comforted, tremble not so; there is none here would hurt thee; there is none here but loves thee. Thou art better now; thy ill dream passeth-is’t not so? Thou wilt not miscall thyself again, as they say thou didst a little while agone?"
comforted - réconforté; confort, confort, consoler
tremble - trembler, vibrer, tremblement, vibration
hurt - faire mal, blesser, blessé
passeth - passe
miscall - appel incomplet
thyself - toi-meme
agone - agone
"I pray thee of thy grace believe me, I did but speak the truth, most dread lord; for I am the meanest among thy subjects, being a pauper born, and ‘tis by a sore mischance and accident I am here, albeit I was therein nothing blameful. I am but young to die, and thou canst save me with one little word. Oh speak it, sir!"
Pray - prier; prions, priez, prient
sore - douloureux; ulcere
mischance - malchance; malchance
accident - accident
Therein - dans
blameful - blâmable
"Die? Talk not so, sweet prince-peace, peace, to thy troubled heart-thou shalt not die!"
troubled - troublé; peine, mal, probleme, emmerde, peine, fr
Tom dropped upon his knees with a glad cry-
cry - pleurer, crier, hurler, gueuler, pleur, cri
"God requite thy mercy, O my King, and save thee long to bless thy land!" Then springing up, he turned a joyful face toward the two lords in waiting, and exclaimed, "Thou heard’st it! I am not to die: the King hath said it!" There was no movement, save that all bowed with grave respect; but no one spoke. He hesitated, a little confused, then turned timidly toward the King, saying, "I may go now?"
requite - requite; ; rendre la pareille, réciproquer
mercy - la pitié; ; miséricorde, pitié
bless - bénir; bénir, bénis, bénissez, bénissent, bénissons
joyful - allegre, joyeux
movement - mouvement
grave - tombe; tombe
respect - respect, respecter
hesitated - hésité; hésiter
confused - confus; rendre perplexe, confondre, confondre
"Go? Surely, if thou desirest. But why not tarry yet a little? Whither would’st go?"
surely - surement; ; surement, assurément
desirest - désir
tarry - tarder
whither - ou; ou
Tom dropped his eyes, and answered humbly-
humbly - humblement
"Peradventure I mistook; but I did think me free, and so was I moved to seek again the kennel where I was born and bred to misery, yet which harboureth my mother and my sisters, and so is home to me; whereas these pomps and splendours whereunto I am not used-oh, please you, sir, to let me go!"
Peradventure - par hasard
kennel - chenil; niche
harboureth - héberger
whereas - tandis que, alors que, compte tenu de, vu que
whereunto - ou
The King was silent and thoughtful a while, and his face betrayed a growing distress and uneasiness. Presently he said, with something of hope in his voice-
silent - silencieux
thoughtful - réfléchie; ; réfléchi, attentionné
betrayed - trahi; trahir, livrer, trahir, trahir
distress - la détresse; ; détresse
"Perchance he is but mad upon this one strain, and hath his wits unmarred as toucheth other matter. God send it may be so! We will make trial."
perchance - par hasard
strain - souche; accablement
wits - l'esprit; esprit
unmarred - sans tache
toucheth - touche
trial - proces; manipulation
Then he asked Tom a question in Latin, and Tom answered him lamely in the same tongue. The lords and doctors manifested their gratification also. The King said-
lamely - paresseux
manifested - manifesté; manifeste, manifeste, bordereau, profession de foi
gratification - gratification; ; récompense
"‘Twas not according to his schooling and ability, but showeth that his mind is but diseased, not stricken fatally. How say you, sir?"
ability - capacité, pouvoir, habileté
showeth - montre
diseased - malade; maladie, mal
fatally - fatalement
The physician addressed bowed low, and replied-
physician - médecin, femme médecin, docteur
replied - a répondu; répondre, réponse, réponse
"It jumpeth with my own conviction, sire, that thou hast divined aright."
jumpeth - sauter
sire - sire; ; saillir
divined - diviné; divin
aright - n'est-ce pas
The King looked pleased with this encouragement, coming as it did from so excellent authority, and continued with good heart-
encouragement - d'encouragement; ; encouragement
excellent - excellent
authority - l'autorité; ; autorité
continued - suite; continuer, continuer
"Now mark ye all: we will try him further."
further - encourager, ultérieur, plus loin, de plus; (furth); encourager
He put a question to Tom in French. Tom stood silent a moment, embarrassed by having so many eyes centred upon him, then said diffidently-
French - français; français, tlangue française, français, t+Français
embarrassed - embarrassé; embarrasser, gener
diffidently - difficilement
"I have no knowledge of this tongue, so please your majesty."
knowledge - connaissance, science, connaissances, savoir
The King fell back upon his couch. The attendants flew to his assistance; but he put them aside, and said-
couch - canapé; canapé, divan
assistance - l'assistance; ; assistance
"Trouble me not-it is nothing but a scurvy faintness. Raise me! There, ‘tis sufficient. Come hither, child; there, rest thy poor troubled head upon thy father’s heart, and be at peace. Thou’lt soon be well: ’tis but a passing fantasy. Fear thou not; thou’lt soon be well." Then he turned toward the company: his gentle manner changed, and baleful lightnings began to play from his eyes. He said-
scurvy - le scorbut; ; scorbut
raise - augmenter; levent, arborent, entonner, levez, élever, levons
sufficient - suffisante; ; suffisant
hither - ici, ça
lt - lt
passing - en passant; ; passager, éminent, rapide, extremement
fantasy - fantaisie, imaginaire, fantasme, fantasy
baleful - maléfique; ; sinistre
lightnings - des éclairs; éclair, éloise, foudre
"List ye all! This my son is mad; but it is not permanent. Over-study hath done this, and somewhat too much of confinement. Away with his books and teachers! see ye to it. Pleasure him with sports, beguile him in wholesome ways, so that his health come again." He raised himself higher still, and went on with energy, "He is mad; but he is my son, and England’s heir; and, mad or sane, still shall he reign! And hear ye further, and proclaim it: whoso speaketh of this his distemper worketh against the peace and order of these realms, and shall to the gallows! . . . Give me to drink-I burn: this sorrow sappeth my strength.
permanent - permanent, permanente
somewhat - en quelque sorte; ; assez, quelque peu
confinement - l'enfermement; ; confinement
pleasure - plaisir, volupté, désir
beguile - séduire; ; duper, tromper, induire en erreur, exalter, emporter
wholesome - salubre, sain, vertueux
raised - soulevée; (sou)lever
energy - l'énergie; ; énergie, courage
sane - sain, sain d'esprit
reign - regne; ; regne, régner
proclaim - proclamer, déclarer
whoso - quiconque
speaketh - parle
realms - royaumes; domaine, royaume
gallows - la potence; potence; (gallow) la potence; potence
burn - bruler; s'allumer, brulons, brulez, bruler, cuite, griller
. . . There, take away the cup. . . . Support me. There, that is well. Mad, is he? Were he a thousand times mad, yet is he Prince of Wales, and I the King will confirm it. This very morrow shall he be installed in his princely dignity in due and ancient form. Take instant order for it, my lord Hertford."
support - soutien; soutenez, appuyez, appuyons, appuyent, soutiens
confirm - confirmer
installed - installée; installer
due - due; ; du
One of the nobles knelt at the royal couch, and said-
knelt - a genoux; agenouiller
"The King’s majesty knoweth that the Hereditary Great Marshal of England lieth attainted in the Tower. It were not meet that one attainted-"
hereditary - héréditaire
Marshal - maréchal, marshal, canaliser
"Peace! Insult not mine ears with his hated name. Is this man to live for ever? Am I to be baulked of my will? Is the prince to tarry uninstalled, because, forsooth, the realm lacketh an Earl Marshal free of treasonable taint to invest him with his honours? No, by the splendour of God! Warn my Parliament to bring me Norfolk’s doom before the sun rise again, else shall they answer for it grievously!" {1}
uninstalled - désinstallé
realm - domaine, royaume
lacketh - manque
earl - earl; ; comte
treasonable - trahison
taint - taint; entachez, entachent, entachons
invest - investir; investissez, investissent, investis, investir
honours - des honneurs; honneur
splendour - splendeur
warn - avertir, alerter, prévenir
Parliament - le parlement; ; parlement, pain d'épices
doom - doom; ; mort, ruine, perte, condamner
answer for - réponse pour
grievously - gravement; ; grievement
Lord Hertford said-
"The King’s will is law;" and, rising, returned to his former place.
law - loi; loi
former - ancien; ancienne, ancien, ci devant
Gradually the wrath faded out of the old King’s face, and he said-
gradually - progressivement
faded - fanée; (s'')affaiblir, diminuer
"Kiss me, my prince. There . . . what fearest thou? Am I not thy loving father?"
kiss - baiser; baisent, biser, baisons, baisez, bécot, bise
fearest - craint-il
"Thou art good to me that am unworthy, O mighty and gracious lord: that in truth I know. But-but-it grieveth me to think of him that is to die, and-"
unworthy - indigne
grieveth - s'afflige
"Ah, ‘tis like thee, ‘tis like thee! I know thy heart is still the same, even though thy mind hath suffered hurt, for thou wert ever of a gentle spirit. But this duke standeth between thee and thine honours: I will have another in his stead that shall bring no taint to his great office. Comfort thee, my prince: trouble not thy poor head with this matter."
suffered - souffert; souffrir, souffrir, souffrir de, pâtir de, endurer
spirit - l'esprit; ; esprit, moral, élan, spiritueux
Duke - duke; ; duc
standeth - se tient
stead - tion
comfort - le confort; ; confort, consoler
"But is it not I that speed him hence, my liege? How long might he not live, but for me?"
Speed - la vitesse; galoper, vitesse
Liege - liege; ; suzerain, vassal, lige
"Take no thought of him, my prince: he is not worthy. Kiss me once again, and go to thy trifles and amusements; for my malady distresseth me. I am aweary, and would rest. Go with thine uncle Hertford and thy people, and come again when my body is refreshed."
worthy - digne
trifles - des broutilles; bagatelle, broutille, babiole, bricole
amusements - divertissements; amusement
malady - maladie
distresseth - de la détresse
aweary - peur
refreshed - rafraîchie; revigorer, rafraîchir
Tom, heavy-hearted, was conducted from the presence, for this last sentence was a death-blow to the hope he had cherished that now he would be set free. Once more he heard the buzz of low voices exclaiming, "The prince, the prince comes!"
conducted - conduite; comportement, conduite, se comporter, conduire, mener
blow - souffler; souffler, soufflons, soufflent, soufflez, coup
cherished - chérie; chérir, tenir
set free - libéré
voices - voix; voix
exclaiming - s'exclamer; exclamer
His spirits sank lower and lower as he moved between the glittering files of bowing courtiers; for he recognised that he was indeed a captive now, and might remain for ever shut up in this gilded cage, a forlorn and friendless prince, except God in his mercy take pity on him and set him free.
spirits - les esprits; esprit, esprit, esprit, moral, élan, esprit
files - fichiers; file
courtiers - courtisans; courtisan
captive - captif, captive
remain - reste, rester, demeurer
cage - cage, encager
pity - compassion, pitié, dommage, honte, plaindre, avoir pitié de
And, turn where he would, he seemed to see floating in the air the severed head and the remembered face of the great Duke of Norfolk, the eyes fixed on him reproachfully.
floating - flottant; flottant; (float); flotter, flotteur, taloche, char
severed - coupée; rompre, trancher, sectionner
fixed - fixé; réparer, fixer, préparer, truquer, tricher, réparation
reproachfully - des reproches
His old dreams had been so pleasant; but this reality was so dreary!
reality - la réalité; ; réalité, vérité
dreary - lugubre; ; terne, insipide, maussade
Receives - reçoit; recevoir, recevoir, recevoir, recevoir
instructions - instructions; instruction, instruction
Tom was conducted to the principal apartment of a noble suite, and made to sit down-a thing which he was loth to do, since there were elderly men and men of high degree about him. He begged them to be seated also, but they only bowed their thanks or murmured them, and remained standing. He would have insisted, but his ‘uncle’ the Earl of Hertford whispered in his ear-
principal - principal, principal, directeur, directrice
suite - suite
loth - loth
elderly - personnes âgées; ; vieux, ancien, âgé
seated - assis; place, siege, assise, séant, siege, fond, siege, siege
murmured - murmuré; murmure, rumeur, souffle, rumeur, murmure, murmurer
remained - est restée; reste, rester, demeurer, rester
insisted - insisté; insister
"Prithee, insist not, my lord; it is not meet that they sit in thy presence."
insist - insister
The Lord St. John was announced, and after making obeisance to Tom, he said-
announced - annoncée; annoncer
"I come upon the King’s errand, concerning a matter which requireth privacy. Will it please your royal highness to dismiss all that attend you here, save my lord the Earl of Hertford?"
errand - course, commission
concerning - concernant; inquiétude, souci, soin, souci, préoccupation
requireth - demande
privacy - la vie privée; ; intimité, vie privée, confidentialité
dismiss - licencier
attend - assister; visiter, soigner
Observing that Tom did not seem to know how to proceed, Hertford whispered him to make a sign with his hand, and not trouble himself to speak unless he chose. When the waiting gentlemen had retired, Lord St. John said-
proceed - avancer, procéder
Unless - a moins que; ; a moins que, sauf si
retired - a la retraite; prendre sa retraite
"His majesty commandeth, that for due and weighty reasons of state, the prince’s grace shall hide his infirmity in all ways that be within his power, till it be passed and he be as he was before. To wit, that he shall deny to none that he is the true prince, and heir to England’s greatness; that he shall uphold his princely dignity, and shall receive, without word or sign of protest, that reverence and observance which unto it do appertain of right and ancient usage; that he shall cease to speak to any of that lowly birth and life his malady hath conjured out of the unwholesome imaginings of o’er-wrought fancy; that he shall strive with diligence to bring unto his memory again those faces which he was wont to know-and where he faileth he shall hold his peace, neither betraying by semblance of surprise or other sign that he hath forgot; that upon occasions of state, whensoever any matter shall perplex him as to the thing he should do or the utterance he should make, he shall show nought of unrest to the curious that look on, but take advice in that matter of the Lord Hertford, or my humble self, which are commanded of the King to be upon this service and close at call, till this commandment be dissolved. Thus saith the King’s majesty, who sendeth greeting to your royal highness, and prayeth that God will of His mercy quickly heal you and have you now and ever in His holy keeping.
commandeth - commande
weighty - lourd; ; important
state - l'État
hide - cacher; planquer, peau, fourrure, cacher
infirmity - l'infirmité; ; infirmité
power - pouvoir, puissance, électricité, courant, alimenter
deny - refuser
greatness - la grandeur; ; grandeur
uphold - maintenir; ; soutenir
receive - recevoir
protest - protester, protestation, manifestation
observance - l'observation; ; observance
unto - unto
appertain - s'appliquer; ; appartenir
usage - l'utilisation; ; usage, coutume
cease - cesser, s'arreter, cesser de + ''infinitive''
lowly - faible; ; humble
unwholesome - malsain
fancy - fantaisie; imaginer, songer
diligence - diligence
memory - mémoire, souvenir
wont - de la volonté
faileth - s'évanouit
betraying - trahir; trahir, livrer, trahir, trahir
surprise - surprise, surprendre, étonner
occasions - occasions; occasion
whensoever - quel que soit le moment
perplex - perplexe; ; déconcerter, troubler, dérouter
utterance - énoncé
nought - rien; ; zéro
unrest - le malaise; ; agitation
Curious - vous etes curieux; curieux, intéressant, singulier
self - soi; ; soi-meme
commanded - commandée; commandement, ordre, maîtrise, commandement
at call - a l'appel
commandment - commandement
Dissolved - dissous; dissoudre, dissoudre, dissoudre
thus - donc; ainsi, tellement, pour cette raison, également
sendeth - envoie
greeting - l'accueil; ; salutation, salut; (greet) l'accueil; ; salutation
prayeth - prie
heal - guérir; cicatriser
holy - saint, sacré, bénit, saint, checksainte
The Lord St. John made reverence and stood aside. Tom replied resignedly-
resignedly - avec résignation
"The King hath said it. None may palter with the King’s command, or fit it to his ease, where it doth chafe, with deft evasions. The King shall be obeyed."
palter with - avec qui palabrer
fit - s'adapter; adapter
ease - l'aisance; ; facilité, repos, abaisser, abréger, amoindrir
chafe - le frottement; ; chauffer en frictionnant, inflammation
deft - deft; ; adroit, compétent, habile
evasions - évasions; esquive
Lord Hertford said-
"Touching the King’s majesty’s ordainment concerning books and such like serious matters, it may peradventure please your highness to ease your time with lightsome entertainment, lest you go wearied to the banquet and suffer harm thereby."
touching - toucher; attendrissant; (touch); toucher, émouvoir, toucher
ordainment - l'ordination
serious - sérieux
lightsome - lightsome
entertainment - divertissement
wearied - fatigué; las, las, lasser, lasser
banquet - banquet, festin
harm - le mal; ; mal, tort, dommage, nuire a, faire du mal a
Tom’s face showed inquiring surprise; and a blush followed when he saw Lord St. John’s eyes bent sorrowfully upon him. His lordship said-
inquiring - en quete de renseignements; enqueter, renseigner
blush - rougir; rougir
sorrowfully - avec tristesse
Lordship - Monsieur, le Seigneur, seigneurie
"Thy memory still wrongeth thee, and thou hast shown surprise-but suffer it not to trouble thee, for ‘tis a matter that will not bide, but depart with thy mending malady. My Lord of Hertford speaketh of the city’s banquet which the King’s majesty did promise, some two months flown, your highness should attend. Thou recallest it now?"
wrongeth - mal
bide - bide; attendre (le bon moment)
depart - partir, s’en aller, dévier, quitter
mending - raccommodage; (mend); réparer, raccommoder, rapiécer
promise - vou, promesse, promettre
recallest - recallest
"It grieves me to confess it had indeed escaped me," said Tom, in a hesitating voice; and blushed again.
grieves - s'afflige; avoir du chagrin
confess - avouer, confesser
escaped - s'est échappé; échapper, s'échapper, éviter, tirer
hesitating - hésitant; hésiter
blushed - rougi; rougeur
At this moment the Lady Elizabeth and the Lady Jane Grey were announced. The two lords exchanged significant glances, and Hertford stepped quickly toward the door. As the young girls passed him, he said in a low voice-
exchanged - échangé; (é)changer
significant - significative; ; significatif
glances - regards; jeter un coup d’oil, coup d'oil
stepped - en escalier; pas
"I pray ye, ladies, seem not to observe his humours, nor show surprise when his memory doth lapse-it will grieve you to note how it doth stick at every trifle."
humours - les humeurs; humour, humeur, disposition, humeur, amadouer
lapse - laps de temps; ; erreur, faute
grieve - faire son deuil; chagriner, affliger, affligeons, affligent
stick - bâton; bâton, canne, stick
trifle - bagatelle, broutille, babiole, bricole
Meantime Lord St. John was saying in Tom’s ear-
meantime - entre-temps; ; pendant ce temps
"Please you, sir, keep diligently in mind his majesty’s desire. Remember all thou canst-seem to remember all else. Let them not perceive that thou art much changed from thy wont, for thou knowest how tenderly thy old play-fellows bear thee in their hearts and how ‘twould grieve them. Art willing, sir, that I remain?-and thine uncle?"
perceive - percevoir
knowest - sait
fellows - des camarades; homme, type
hearts - des cours; coeur
Tom signified assent with a gesture and a murmured word, for he was already learning, and in his simple heart was resolved to acquit himself as best he might, according to the King’s command.
signified - signifié; (signify); signifier
assent - l'assentiment; ; assentir, assentiment
simple - simple, simple
acquit - acquitter; ; innocenter
In spite of every precaution, the conversation among the young people became a little embarrassing at times. More than once, in truth, Tom was near to breaking down and confessing himself unequal to his tremendous part; but the tact of the Princess Elizabeth saved him, or a word from one or the other of the vigilant lords, thrown in apparently by chance, had the same happy effect.
spite - dépit; rancune
precaution - précaution
embarrassing - embarrassant; embarrasser, gener
breaking down - en train de s'effondrer
confessing - confesser; avouer, confesser, confesser
tremendous - formidable
tact - tact
princess - princesse
vigilant - vigilant
thrown in - jeté dedans
apparently - apparemment, évidemment, en apparence
by chance - par hasard
Once the little Lady Jane turned to Tom and dismayed him with this question,-
dismayed - consterné; affliger, mortifier, avoir peur, désarroi
"Hast paid thy duty to the Queen’s majesty to-day, my lord?"
Duty - le devoir; ; devoir, obligation, service, travail, taxe
Queen - la reine; ; reine, dame, folle, chatte, promouvoir, mener a dame
Tom hesitated, looked distressed, and was about to stammer out something at hazard, when Lord St. John took the word and answered for him with the easy grace of a courtier accustomed to encounter delicate difficulties and to be ready for them-
hazard - hasard, danger, tenter, hasarder
courtier - courtisan
accustomed - habitué; accoutumer
encounter - rencontre
delicate - délicate; ; délicat, délicat (1, 2)
difficulties - des difficultés; difficulté, difficulté
"He hath indeed, madam, and she did greatly hearten him, as touching his majesty’s condition; is it not so, your highness?"
madam - madame, mere maquerelle, tenanciere
greatly - grandement
hearten - hearten; ; encourager
Tom mumbled something that stood for assent, but felt that he was getting upon dangerous ground. Somewhat later it was mentioned that Tom was to study no more at present, whereupon her little ladyship exclaimed-
mumbled - marmonné; marmonner
stood for - représentait
ground - sol, foncierere, terre, terrain; (grind) sol, foncierere, terre
mentioned - mentionnée; mentionner
ladyship - Madame
"‘Tis a pity, ‘tis a pity! Thou wert proceeding bravely. But bide thy time in patience: it will not be for long. Thou’lt yet be graced with learning like thy father, and make thy tongue master of as many languages as his, good my prince."
proceeding - la poursuite de la procédure; ; acte; (proceed); avancer
patience - la patience; ; patience
graced - gracié; bénédicité, grâces, grâce, grâce, miséricorde, grâce
"My father!" cried Tom, off his guard for the moment. "I trow he cannot speak his own so that any but the swine that kennel in the styes may tell his meaning; and as for learning of any sort soever-"
guard - garde, garde, protection, gardien, arriere, défense, garder
trow - trow
styes - styes; orgelet
soever - jamais
He looked up and encountered a solemn warning in my Lord St. John’s eyes.
warning - l'avertissement; ; avertissement, attention; (warn); avertir
He stopped, blushed, then continued low and sadly: "Ah, my malady persecuteth me again, and my mind wandereth. I meant the King’s grace no irreverence."
sadly - tristement; ; malheureusement
persecuteth - persécute
wandereth - errer
irreverence - l'irrévérence
"We know it, sir," said the Princess Elizabeth, taking her ‘brother’s’ hand between her two palms, respectfully but caressingly; "trouble not thyself as to that. The fault is none of thine, but thy distemper’s."
palms - des palmiers; paume
respectfully - respectueusement
caressingly - caressant
fault - défaut, faute, faille
"Thou’rt a gentle comforter, sweet lady," said Tom, gratefully, "and my heart moveth me to thank thee for’t, an’ I may be so bold."
comforter - couette; ; consolateur
gratefully - avec gratitude
moveth - se déplace
bold - audacieux; gros, épais
Once the giddy little Lady Jane fired a simple Greek phrase at Tom. The Princess Elizabeth’s quick eye saw by the serene blankness of the target’s front that the shaft was overshot; so she tranquilly delivered a return volley of sounding Greek on Tom’s behalf, and then straightway changed the talk to other matters.
giddy - étourdi, étourdissant, étourdi
serene - serein; serein, enjoué
blankness - le vide
target - cible, objectif, but, cibler, viser
shaft - arbre; ; hampe, rachis, cage, entuber
tranquilly - tranquillement
delivered - livrée; accoucher, livrer, livrer, remettre
volley - volée, salve
straightway - tout de suite
Time wore on pleasantly, and likewise smoothly, on the whole. Snags and sandbars grew less and less frequent, and Tom grew more and more at his ease, seeing that all were so lovingly bent upon helping him and overlooking his mistakes.
wore on - a porté
pleasantly - agréablement
smoothly - en douceur; souplement, doucement
snags - des accrocs; obstacle
frequent - fréquents; fréquenter
overlooking - en surplomb; vue, panorama, surplomber, négliger, louper
When it came out that the little ladies were to accompany him to the Lord Mayor’s banquet in the evening, his heart gave a bound of relief and delight, for he felt that he should not be friendless, now, among that multitude of strangers; whereas, an hour earlier, the idea of their going with him would have been an insupportable terror to him.
accompany - accompagner
mayor - maire, mairesse, bourgmestre
bound - lié; entrain; (bind); lier, attacher, nouer, connecter, coupler
relief - secours; allégement, relief, soulagement
multitude - multitude
insupportable - insupportable
Tom’s Guardian Angels, the two lords, had had less comfort in the interview than the other parties to it. They felt much as if they were piloting a great ship through a dangerous channel; they were on the alert constantly, and found their office no child’s play. Wherefore, at last, when the ladies’ visit was drawing to a close and the Lord Guilford Dudley was announced, they not only felt that their charge had been sufficiently taxed for the present, but also that they themselves were not in the best condition to take their ship back and make their anxious voyage all over again.
Guardian Angels - Anges gardiens
piloting - le pilotage; (pilot); pilote, programme pilote
ship - navire; manipuler, navire, expédier, vaisseau
Channel - canal; tube, tuyau, canal
on the alert - sur le qui-vive
constantly - constamment, en boucle
charge - frais, charge, chef d’accusation, chef d’inculpation, meuble
taxed - taxé; taxe, impôt
anxious - anxieux, désireux
Voyage - voyage
So they respectfully advised Tom to excuse himself, which he was very glad to do, although a slight shade of disappointment might have been observed upon my Lady Jane’s face when she heard the splendid stripling denied admittance.
advised - conseillé; conseiller, conseiller, renseigner
Excuse - pardon; ; excuser, pardonner, justifier, prétexte, excuse
although - bien que, combien que, encore que, nonobstant que
shade - ombre, store, nuance, ton, esprit, ombrager, faire de l'ombre
observed - observée; observer, remarquer, respecter, observer, garder
denied - refusée; nier, démentir, refuser
There was a pause now, a sort of waiting silence which Tom could not understand. He glanced at Lord Hertford, who gave him a sign-but he failed to understand that also. The ready Elizabeth came to the rescue with her usual easy grace. She made reverence and said-
pause - pauser, pause
glanced - a glissé; jeter un coup d’oil, coup d'oil
rescue - secours; ; délivrer, secourir, sauver, checksauver, sauvetage
"Have we leave of the prince’s grace my brother to go?"
Tom said-
"Indeed your ladyships can have whatsoever of me they will, for the asking; yet would I rather give them any other thing that in my poor power lieth, than leave to take the light and blessing of their presence hence. Give ye good den, and God be with ye!
ladyships - mesdames et messieurs; Madame
whatsoever - quel qu'il soit; ; du tout, d'aucune sorte
blessing - la bénédiction; ; bénédiction, grâce, troupeau, harde
den - den; nid
Then he smiled inwardly at the thought, "‘Tis not for nought I have dwelt but among princes in my reading, and taught my tongue some slight trick of their broidered and gracious speech withal!"
smiled - souriait; sourire, sourire
inwardly - intérieurement
dwelt - a habité; résider, s'appesantir sur
trick - tour, astuce, truc, rench: t-needed r, pli, levée, quart, duper
When the illustrious maidens were gone, Tom turned wearily to his keepers and said-
illustrious - illustre
maidens - vierges; jeune fille, jeune femme, demoiselle, pucelle, vierge
wearily - avec lassitude
keepers - les gardiens; gardien, gardienne, perle, conservateur
"May it please your lordships to grant me leave to go into some corner and rest me?"
lordships - seigneuries; Monsieur, le Seigneur, seigneurie
Lord Hertford said-
"So please your highness, it is for you to command, it is for us to obey. That thou should’st rest is indeed a needful thing, since thou must journey to the city presently."
obey - obéir, obtempérer
needful - nécessaire
He touched a bell, and a page appeared, who was ordered to desire the presence of Sir William Herbert. This gentleman came straightway, and conducted Tom to an inner apartment. Tom’s first movement there was to reach for a cup of water; but a silk-and-velvet servitor seized it, dropped upon one knee, and offered it to him on a golden salver.
touched - touché; toucher, toucher, émouvoir, toucher, toucher, contact
bell - cloche; sonnette, cloche
appeared - est apparu; apparaître, paraître, apparaître, sembler, paraître
William - william; Guillaume, William
gentleman - gentilhomme, monsieur, messieurs
reach - atteindre; atteindre, parviens, allonge, parvenir, préhension
silk - soie
velvet - du velours; ; velours, duvet (on skin), velours (on antlers)
servitor - serviteur
offered - proposé; offrir, proposer
salver - salver; plateau
Next the tired captive sat down and was going to take off his buskins, timidly asking leave with his eye, but another silk-and-velvet discomforter went down upon his knees and took the office from him. He made two or three further efforts to help himself, but being promptly forestalled each time, he finally gave up, with a sigh of resignation and a murmured "Beshrew me, but I marvel they do not require to breathe for me also!
discomforter - inconfortable
efforts - efforts; effort
resignation - démission, résignation
Beshrew - beshrew; ; maudire
marvel - marvel; ; etre
breathe - respirer, inspirer, expirer, reprendre son souffle
Slippered, and wrapped in a sumptuous robe, he laid himself down at last to rest, but not to sleep, for his head was too full of thoughts and the room too full of people. He could not dismiss the former, so they stayed; he did not know enough to dismiss the latter, so they stayed also, to his vast regret-and theirs.
slippered - glissé; chausson, pantoufle
robe - robe de chambre; ; robe
laid - posé; poser
dismiss - renvoyer, limoger, licencier, démettre
regret - regretter, regret
Tom’s departure had left his two noble guardians alone. They mused a while, with much head-shaking and walking the floor, then Lord St. John said-
departure - départ, déviation
guardians - gardiens; gardien, tuteur, tutrice, curateur, curatrice, tuteur
mused - a réfléchi; muse, Muse
shaking - tremblant; (shake); secouer, agiter, se serrer la main, secousse
"Plainly, what dost thou think?"
plainly - en toute clarté; ; simplement, clairement
"Plainly, then, this. The King is near his end; my nephew is mad-mad will mount the throne, and mad remain. God protect England, since she will need it!"
nephew - neveu
mount - monter; montent, montez, montons
protect - protéger
"Verily it promiseth so, indeed. But . . . have you no misgivings as to . . . as to . . ."
verily - en vérité; ; vraiment, véritablement, sans aucun doute
promiseth - promet
misgivings - des réticences; état d'âme
The speaker hesitated, and finally stopped. He evidently felt that he was upon delicate ground. Lord Hertford stopped before him, looked into his face with a clear, frank eye, and said-
speaker - l'orateur; ; parleur, parleuse
evidently - évidemment, de toute évidence, manifestement
frank - franche; franc
"Speak on-there is none to hear but me. Misgivings as to what?"
"I am full loth to word the thing that is in my mind, and thou so near to him in blood, my lord. But craving pardon if I do offend, seemeth it not strange that madness could so change his port and manner?-not but that his port and speech are princely still, but that they differ, in one unweighty trifle or another, from what his custom was aforetime.
craving - envie; (crave); souhaiter, désirer, implorer
offend - offenser, déplaire, blesser, checkblesser, checkinsulter
madness - la folie; ; folie
differ - different; différer, different, séparer
unweighty - sans poids
custom - coutume, us, connaissance, droit de douane, sur mesure
aforetime - avant
Seemeth it not strange that madness should filch from his memory his father’s very lineaments; the customs and observances that are his due from such as be about him; and, leaving him his Latin, strip him of his Greek and French? My lord, be not offended, but ease my mind of its disquiet and receive my grateful thanks. It haunteth me, his saying he was not the prince, and so-"
filch - filch; ; larcin
lineaments - des linéaments; linéament
customs - les douanes; coutume, coutume, us, connaissance
observances - les observances; observance, observance
offended - offensée; offenser, déplaire, blesser, offenser, fr
haunteth - hante
"Peace, my lord, thou utterest treason! Hast forgot the King’s command? Remember I am party to thy crime if I but listen."
utterest - intéret; complet, total
crime - délit (max 10 years imprisonment according to law) crime (15 years and more) (nothing strictly between 10 and 15)
St. John paled, and hastened to say-
paled - pâli; copain/-ine
hastened to - s'est empressé de faire
"I was in fault, I do confess it. Betray me not, grant me this grace out of thy courtesy, and I will neither think nor speak of this thing more. Deal not hardly with me, sir, else am I ruined."
betray - trahir, livrer
courtesy - courtoisie, politesse, indulgence
ruined - ruiné; ruine, ruine, ruine, ruiner, abîmer, foutre en l'air
"I am content, my lord. So thou offend not again, here or in the ears of others, it shall be as though thou hadst not spoken. But thou need’st not have misgivings. He is my sister’s son; are not his voice, his face, his form, familiar to me from his cradle? Madness can do all the odd conflicting things thou seest in him, and more. Dost not recall how that the old Baron Marley, being mad, forgot the favour of his own countenance that he had known for sixty years, and held it was another’s; nay, even claimed he was the son of Mary Magdalene, and that his head was made of Spanish glass; and, sooth to say, he suffered none to touch it, lest by mischance some heedless hand might shiver it?
content - contenu; satisfait, contentement
not again - pas encore
familiar - familier, esprit familier
cradle - berceau, bers, bercer
conflicting - contradictoires; conflit, conflit, incompatibilité
recall - rappeler, rappeler
Baron - baron
favour - favorable; faveur, complaisance, favoriser
held - détenus; (main)tenir
Nay - nay; ou plutôt, voire, que dis-je
claimed - réclamé; réclamation, titre, affirmation, réclamation
Magdalene - madeleine; Madeleine
Spanish - espagnol, espagnol, castillan
touch - toucher, émouvoir, toucher, contact
heedless - sans se soucier des autres; ; insouciant, inattentif, négligent
shiver - frisson; trembler, frissonner
Give thy misgivings easement, good my lord. This is the very prince-I know him well-and soon will be thy king; it may advantage thee to bear this in mind, and more dwell upon it than the other."
easement - servitude
advantage - avantage, avantager, favoriser
dwell - s'attarder; ; résider, s'appesantir sur
After some further talk, in which the Lord St. John covered up his mistake as well as he could by repeated protests that his faith was thoroughly grounded now, and could not be assailed by doubts again, the Lord Hertford relieved his fellow-keeper, and sat down to keep watch and ward alone. He was soon deep in meditation, and evidently the longer he thought, the more he was bothered. By-and-by he began to pace the floor and mutter.
covered up - couvert
protests - protestations; protester, protestation, manifestation
Faith - la foi; ; foi, rench:, confiance
thoroughly - a fond; ; absolument, completement
assailed - assailli; assaillir
doubts - des doutes; douter, doute
relieved - soulagé; soulager, relayer, faire ses besoins, se soulager
keeper - gardien, gardienne, perle, conservateur, conservatrice
ward - la pupille; salle
meditation - méditation
bothered - dérangés; bâdrer, bâdrer, daigner, se donner la peine, zut!
pace - rythme; pas
mutter - marmonner; barbotez, murmurer, barbotent, barboter
"Tush, he must be the prince! Will any be in all the land maintain there can be two, not of one blood and birth, so marvellously twinned? And even were it so, ‘twere yet a stranger miracle that chance should cast the one into the other’s place. Nay, ‘tis folly, folly, folly!"
tush - fesses
maintain - entretenir, maintenir
marvellously - merveilleusement
twinned - jumelés; jumeau/-elle
Stranger - étranger; (strang) étranger
folly - folie, sottise, folie
Presently he said-
"Now were he impostor and called himself prince, look you that would be natural; that would be reasonable. But lived ever an impostor yet, who, being called prince by the king, prince by the court, prince by all, denied his dignity and pleaded against his exaltation? No! By the soul of St. Swithin, no! This is the true prince, gone mad!"
impostor - imposteur, imposteuse
be reasonable - etre raisonnable
being called - etre appelé
pleaded - plaidée; plaider
Somewhat after one in the afternoon, Tom resignedly underwent the ordeal of being dressed for dinner. He found himself as finely clothed as before, but everything different, everything changed, from his ruff to his stockings. He was presently conducted with much state to a spacious and ornate apartment, where a table was already set for one. Its furniture was all of massy gold, and beautified with designs which well-nigh made it priceless, since they were the work of Benvenuto. The room was half-filled with noble servitors. A chaplain said grace, and Tom was about to fall to, for hunger had long been constitutional with him, but was interrupted by my lord the Earl of Berkeley, who fastened a napkin about his neck; for the great post of Diaperers to the Prince of Wales was hereditary in this nobleman’s family. Tom’s cupbearer was present, and forestalled all his attempts to help himself to wine. The Taster to his highness the Prince of Wales was there also, prepared to taste any suspicious dish upon requirement, and run the risk of being poisoned.
underwent - a subi; subir, subir
ordeal - épreuve, calvaire, ordalie
finely - finement
as before - comme avant
ruff - crépue
state - l'état; ; état, Etat, déclarer, indiquer
spacious - spacieux, ample, grand, logeable
ornate - orné; tarabiscoté
furniture - mobilier, meubles
massy - massy
gold - l'or; or
beautified - embellie; embellir
nigh - nuit; ; proche, pres
priceless - inestimable
chaplain - aumônier, chapelain
fall to - de tomber
constitutional - constitutionnel, constitutionnelle
interrupted - interrompu; interrompre, couper
napkin - serviette de table; ; serviette
nobleman - noble
cupbearer - échanson
attempts - tentatives; tenter, essayer, tentative, attentat
taster - gouter; ; gouteur, gouteuse
suspicious - suspect, méfiant, soupçonneux, suspicieux
requirement - exigence, besoin, demande, contrainte
Risk - risque
poisoned - empoisonné; poison, empoisonner
He was only an ornamental appendage at this time, and was seldom called upon to exercise his function; but there had been times, not many generations past, when the office of taster had its perils, and was not a grandeur to be desired. Why they did not use a dog or a plumber seems strange; but all the ways of royalty are strange. My Lord d’Arcy, First Groom of the Chamber, was there, to do goodness knows what; but there he was-let that suffice. The Lord Chief Butler was there, and stood behind Tom’s chair, overseeing the solemnities, under command of the Lord Great Steward and the Lord head cook, who stood near. Tom had three hundred and eighty-four servants beside these; but they were not all in that room, of course, nor the quarter of them; neither was Tom aware yet that they existed.
seldom - rarement
function - fonction, en fonction de, fonctionner, marcher
generations - générations; génération, création, génération, génération
perils - périls; péril, risque, risque, péril
desired - souhaitée; désirer, désirer, désir, désir, désir
plumber - plombeur, plombier, tuyauteur, homme a pipe; (plumb); plombeur
Seems - semble-t-il; sembler, paraître, avoir l'air
groom - marié; garçon d''écurie
chamber - chambre, piece, salle
goodness - la bonté; ; bonté, bonté divine, corbleu, crebleu, jarnibleu
suffice - suffisent; ; suffire, suffire 2
chief - chef
butler - sommelier, majordome
overseeing - superviser; superviser, superviser
solemnities - solennités; solennité, solennité
steward - steward; ; intendant
head cook - chef cuisinier
beside - a côté; ; aupres
aware - conscient; ; attentif, vigilant, en éveil, en alerte
existed - a existé; exister
All those that were present had been well drilled within the hour to remember that the prince was temporarily out of his head, and to be careful to show no surprise at his vagaries. These ‘vagaries’ were soon on exhibition before them; but they only moved their compassion and their sorrow, not their mirth. It was a heavy affliction to them to see the beloved prince so stricken.
drilled - percé; percer
temporarily - temporairement
careful - prudent, soigneux, attentif
vagaries - vagabondage; extravagance, caprice
exhibition - exposition
compassion - la compassion; ; compassion
affliction - affliction, détresse
beloved - bien-aimé, chéri, amant, amante; (belove); bien-aimé, chéri
Poor Tom ate with his fingers mainly; but no one smiled at it, or even seemed to observe it. He inspected his napkin curiously, and with deep interest, for it was of a very dainty and beautiful fabric, then said with simplicity-
fingers - doigts; pointer, tripoter, doigter, doigter
mainly - surtout, principalement
fabric - structure, tissu, textile
simplicity - la simplicité; ; simplicité
"Prithee, take it away, lest in mine unheedfulness it be soiled."
unheedfulness - l'insouciance
soiled - souillé; sol, terre
The Hereditary Diaperer took it away with reverent manner, and without word or protest of any sort.
Tom examined the turnips and the lettuce with interest, and asked what they were, and if they were to be eaten; for it was only recently that men had begun to raise these things in England in place of importing them as luxuries from Holland. {1} His question was answered with grave respect, and no surprise manifested. When he had finished his dessert, he filled his pockets with nuts; but nobody appeared to be aware of it, or disturbed by it. But the next moment he was himself disturbed by it, and showed discomposure; for this was the only service he had been permitted to do with his own hands during the meal, and he did not doubt that he had done a most improper and unprincely thing. At that moment the muscles of his nose began to twitch, and the end of that organ to lift and wrinkle. This continued, and Tom began to evince a growing distress.
turnips - des navets; navet
lettuce - laitue, salade, oseille
recently - dernierement, récemment, ces derniers temps
importing - l'importation; importer
luxuries - le luxe; luxe, luxe, luxe, luxe
Holland - la hollande; Hollande
dessert - dessert
pockets - poches; poche, empocher, de poche
nuts - des noix; noix(literally walnut = noix but often used generically)
disturbed - perturbé; déranger, perturber, gener, perturber, déranger
discomposure - la déconfiture
permitted - autorisé; permettre
most improper - le plus inconvenant
unprincely - sans prétention
muscles - muscles; muscle, muscle
twitch - twitch; donner, avoir un mouvement convulsif
organ - organe, orgue
lift - l'ascenseur; élevons, élevez, ascenseur, lever, ennoblir
wrinkle - rides; ride, combine, fronce, pronostic
evince - evince; ; montrer, prouver
He looked appealingly, first at one and then another of the lords about him, and tears came into his eyes. They sprang forward with dismay in their faces, and begged to know his trouble. Tom said with genuine anguish-
appealingly - de maniere attrayante
then another - puis un autre
genuine - authentique
anguish - l'angoisse; angoissons, angoissez, angoisser, angoissent
"I crave your indulgence: my nose itcheth cruelly. What is the custom and usage in this emergence? Prithee, speed, for ‘tis but a little time that I can bear it."
crave - envie; ; souhaiter, désirer, implorer
indulgence - indulgence
itcheth - l'envie
cruelly - cruellement
emergence - l'émergence; ; émergence
None smiled; but all were sore perplexed, and looked one to the other in deep tribulation for counsel. But behold, here was a dead wall, and nothing in English history to tell how to get over it. The master of ceremonies was not present: there was no one who felt safe to venture upon this uncharted sea, or risk the attempt to solve this solemn problem. Alas! there was no Hereditary Scratcher. Meantime the tears had overflowed their banks, and begun to trickle down Tom’s cheeks. His twitching nose was pleading more urgently than ever for relief.
perplexed - perplexe; déconcerter, troubler, dérouter
tribulation - tribulation
counsel - conseil, expertise, plan, projet, conseiller
behold - regarder, voir, observer, voici, voila
dead - morts; ; mort, milieu, cour, profondeurs
master of ceremonies - maître de cérémonie
safe - sur; ; en sécurité, o longer in danger, sans danger, sur, sauf
Venture - venture; ; s'aventurer, risquer, oser
uncharted - non répertoriée
attempt - tenter, essayer, tentative, attentat
solve - résoudre, régler, solutionner
Alas - hélas; hélas!; (ala) hélas; hélas!
Scratcher - gratte-papier; grattoir; (scratch); gratter, égratigner, piquer
overflowed - débordé; débordement, déborder, déborder, fr
trickle - goutte a goutte; ; filet, dégoulinade, verser goutte a goutte
cheeks - joues; joue, fesse, culot, toupet, potence de bringuebale
twitching - twitching; (twitch) twitching
pleading - plaidoyer; (plead); plaider
urgently - urgemment, d'urgence
At last nature broke down the barriers of etiquette: Tom lifted up an inward prayer for pardon if he was doing wrong, and brought relief to the burdened hearts of his court by scratching his nose himself.
nature - nature
broke down - est tombé en panne
barriers - barrieres; barriere, barriere, limite, frontiere
etiquette - l'étiquette; ; étiquette
lifted - soulevée; soulever
inward - vers l'intérieur; ; intérieur
burdened - accablés; poids écrasant
scratching - grattage; éraflant; (scratch); gratter, égratigner, piquer
His meal being ended, a lord came and held before him a broad, shallow, golden dish with fragrant rosewater in it, to cleanse his mouth and fingers with; and my lord the Hereditary Diaperer stood by with a napkin for his use. Tom gazed at the dish a puzzled moment or two, then raised it to his lips, and gravely took a draught. Then he returned it to the waiting lord, and said-
shallow - superficielle; ; peu profond, superficiel, haut-fond, baisse
fragrant - parfumée; ; odorant, aromatique
rosewater - de l'eau de rose; ; eau de rose
cleanse - nettoyage; ; purifier
stood by - s'est tenu a côté
gazed at - regardé
lips - levres; levre, levre
"Nay, it likes me not, my lord: it hath a pretty flavour, but it wanteth strength."
flavour - gout; arôme, aromatisent, aromatisons, aromatisez
wanteth - veut
This new eccentricity of the prince’s ruined mind made all the hearts about him ache; but the sad sight moved none to merriment.
eccentricity - l'excentricité; ; excentricité
ache - mal; diuleur
merriment - la gaieté; ; gaieté
Tom’s next unconscious blunder was to get up and leave the table just when the chaplain had taken his stand behind his chair, and with uplifted hands, and closed, uplifted eyes, was in the act of beginning the blessing. Still nobody seemed to perceive that the prince had done a thing unusual.
blunder - une bévue; ; gaffe
unusual - inhabituel, insolite, inusuel
By his own request our small friend was now conducted to his private cabinet, and left there alone to his own devices. Hanging upon hooks in the oaken wainscoting were the several pieces of a suit of shining steel armour, covered all over with beautiful designs exquisitely inlaid in gold. This martial panoply belonged to the true prince-a recent present from Madam Parr the Queen. Tom put on the greaves, the gauntlets, the plumed helmet, and such other pieces as he could don without assistance, and for a while was minded to call for help and complete the matter, but bethought him of the nuts he had brought away from dinner, and the joy it would be to eat them with no crowd to eye him, and no Grand Hereditaries to pester him with undesired services; so he restored the pretty things to their several places, and soon was cracking nuts, and feeling almost naturally happy for the first time since God for his sins had made him a prince.
request - demander, prier, requete, demande
private - personnel, personnelle, privé, privé, privée
devices - des appareils; appareil, dispositif, stratageme, ruse, manouvre
hanging - suspension; (hang) suspension
hooks - des crochets; crochet, agrafe, hook, crochet, accrocher, ferrer
wainscoting - les lambris; (wainscot) les lambris
suit - complet, costume, tailleur, combinaison, costard, enseigne
steel - l'acier; acier
armour - armure; blindez, blinder, blindons, cuirass, blindent
covered - couverts; couvercle, couverture, couverture, couvert
exquisitely - de maniere exquise
inlaid - incrusté; incrustation
martial - martial
panoply - panoplie
belonged - a appartenu; appartenir a
recent - récente; ; récent
Parr - parr; tacon, saumoneau
plumed - plume; prune
helmet - casque
undesired - indésirable
services - services; (de) service
restored - restaurée; restaurer, rétablir, rétablir, rendre, restituer
cracking - craquage; (crack) craquage
naturally - naturellement
sins - péchés; péché, mal
When the nuts were all gone, he stumbled upon some inviting books in a closet, among them one about the etiquette of the English court. This was a prize. He lay down upon a sumptuous divan, and proceeded to instruct himself with honest zeal. Let us leave him there for the present.
stumbled - en état de choc; chute, faux pas, bourde, trébucher
inviting - invitant; inviter (a)
closet - placard
prize - prix; prix, houp, récompense
divan - divan, canapé
proceeded - a procédé; avancer, procéder, procéder
instruct - instruire, enseigner, apprendre
honest - honnete; ; honnete; (hon) honnete; ; honnete
zeal - le zele; ; zele, assiduité
About five o’clock Henry VIII. awoke out of an unrefreshing nap, and muttered to himself, "Troublous dreams, troublous dreams! Mine end is now at hand: so say these warnings, and my failing pulses do confirm it." Presently a wicked light flamed up in his eye, and he muttered, "Yet will not I die till He go before."
unrefreshing - pas rafraîchissant
nap - sieste; sieste, petit somme
troublous - troublant
warnings - des avertissements; avertissement, avertissement, attention
pulses - impulsions; pouls
flamed up - flambé
His attendants perceiving that he was awake, one of them asked his pleasure concerning the Lord Chancellor, who was waiting without.
perceiving - percevoir; apercevant; (perceive); percevoir
Lord Chancellor - Lord Chancelier
"Admit him, admit him!" exclaimed the King eagerly.
admit - admettre, avouer, reconnaître
The Lord Chancellor entered, and knelt by the King’s couch, saying-
Chancellor - le chancelier; ; chancelier, chanceliere, contremaître de jury
entered - a pénétré; entrer, rench: -neededr, taper, saisir
"I have given order, and, according to the King’s command, the peers of the realm, in their robes, do now stand at the bar of the House, where, having confirmed the Duke of Norfolk’s doom, they humbly wait his majesty’s further pleasure in the matter."
peers - des pairs; pair
robes - robes; robe
confirmed - confirmée; confirmer
The King’s face lit up with a fierce joy. Said he-
"Lift me up! In mine own person will I go before my Parliament, and with mine own hand will I seal the warrant that rids me of-"
seal - sceau; scellez, phoque, cacheter, scellent, sceau
rids - rids; débarrasser (de)
His voice failed; an ashen pallor swept the flush from his cheeks; and the attendants eased him back upon his pillows, and hurriedly assisted him with restoratives. Presently he said sorrowfully-
ashen - cendré
pallor - pâleur
swept - balayé; balayer, balayer, balayage
flush - la chasse d'eau; vidanger, rougeur
eased - assoupli; facilité, repos, abaisser, abréger, amoindrir
pillows - oreillers; oreiller, tetiere
hurriedly - en toute hâte; ; a la hâte, a la sauvette, a la va-vite
"Alack, how have I longed for this sweet hour! and lo, too late it cometh, and I am robbed of this so coveted chance. But speed ye, speed ye! let others do this happy office sith ‘tis denied to me. I put my Great Seal in commission: choose thou the lords that shall compose it, and get ye to your work. Speed ye, man! Before the sun shall rise and set again, bring me his head that I may see it."
cometh - vient
robbed - volé; voler, dévaliser
coveted - convoitée; convoiter, désirer, convoiter, guigner
commission - commission, commission d'agent immobilier, courtage, charger
compose - composer
"According to the King’s command, so shall it be. Will’t please your majesty to order that the Seal be now restored to me, so that I may forth upon the business?"
"The Seal? Who keepeth the Seal but thou?"
keepeth - garde
"Please your majesty, you did take it from me two days since, saying it should no more do its office till your own royal hand should use it upon the Duke of Norfolk’s warrant."
"Why, so in sooth I did: I do remember. . . . What did I with it? . . . I am very feeble. . . . So oft these days doth my memory play the traitor with me. . . . ‘Tis strange, strange-"
feeble - faible
oft - de l'art; ; souvent
traitor - traître, traîtresse, trahir
The King dropped into inarticulate mumblings, shaking his grey head weakly from time to time, and gropingly trying to recollect what he had done with the Seal. At last my Lord Hertford ventured to kneel and offer information-
weakly - souffreteuxse
gropingly - a tâtons
recollect - se souvenir; se ressaisir
ventured - s'est aventuré; s'aventurer, risquer, oser
kneel - s'agenouiller
"Sire, if that I may be so bold, here be several that do remember with me how that you gave the Great Seal into the hands of his highness the Prince of Wales to keep against the day that-"
"True, most true!" interrupted the King. "Fetch it! Go: time flieth!"
Lord Hertford flew to Tom, but returned to the King before very long, troubled and empty-handed. He delivered himself to this effect-
"It grieveth me, my lord the King, to bear so heavy and unwelcome tidings; but it is the will of God that the prince’s affliction abideth still, and he cannot recall to mind that he received the Seal. So came I quickly to report, thinking it were waste of precious time, and little worth withal, that any should attempt to search the long array of chambers and saloons that belong unto his royal high-"
unwelcome - indésirable
abideth - reste-t-il
waste - déchets; déchets, pelée, gaspiller, gâcher
search - recherche, chercher, fouiller
chambers - chambres; chambre, piece, chambre, chambre, salle, chambre
saloons - saloons; salon
belong - appartiennent; appartenons, faire partie de, appartiens
A groan from the King interrupted the lord at this point. After a little while his majesty said, with a deep sadness in his tone-
groan - gémir; ; râle, râlement, gémissement, grognement, grondement
sadness - tristesse, malheur
"Trouble him no more, poor child. The hand of God lieth heavy upon him, and my heart goeth out in loving compassion for him, and sorrow that I may not bear his burden on mine old trouble-weighted shoulders, and so bring him peace."
goeth - s'en va
burden - charge; accablement, alourdissons, alourdir, alourdissez
weighted - pondéré; poids, poids, lest, poids, poids, graisse, alourdir
He closed his eyes, fell to mumbling, and presently was silent. After a time he opened his eyes again, and gazed vacantly around until his glance rested upon the kneeling Lord Chancellor. Instantly his face flushed with wrath-
mumbling - marmonner; marmonnant; (mumble); marmonner
vacantly - vacante
glance - regard; ; jeter un coup d’oil
kneeling - a genoux; (kneel)
"What, thou here yet! By the glory of God, an’ thou gettest not about that traitor’s business, thy mitre shall have holiday the morrow for lack of a head to grace withal!"
glory - gloire
mitre - l'onglet; ; mitre
lack - manque; manque
The trembling Chancellor answered-
"Good your Majesty, I cry you mercy! I but waited for the Seal."
"Man, hast lost thy wits? The small Seal which aforetime I was wont to take with me abroad lieth in my treasury. And, since the Great Seal hath flown away, shall not it suffice? Hast lost thy wits? Begone! And hark ye-come no more till thou do bring his head."
treasury - trésor public; ; trésorerie
flown away - s'est envolé
begone - cesser
The poor Chancellor was not long in removing himself from this dangerous vicinity; nor did the commission waste time in giving the royal assent to the work of the slavish Parliament, and appointing the morrow for the beheading of the premier peer of England, the luckless Duke of Norfolk.
removing - l'enlevement; enlever
vicinity - proximité; ; voisinage, vicinité, environs
waste time - perdre du temps
appointing - nommer; fixer, gloss
beheading - décapitation; (behead); décapiter
premier - premier, premiere, premier ministre
peer - pair; pair
At nine in the evening the whole vast river-front of the palace was blazing with light. The river itself, as far as the eye could reach citywards, was so thickly covered with watermen’s boats and with pleasure-barges, all fringed with coloured lanterns, and gently agitated by the waves, that it resembled a glowing and limitless garden of flowers stirred to soft motion by summer winds.
blazing - flamboyant; feu, embrasement
citywards - en ville
thickly - épais; ; épaissement
barges - barges; chaland
fringed - a franges; frange, périphérie, radicaux, périphérie
lanterns - lanternes; lanterne, lanterne
waves - des vagues; vague
resembled - ressemblait; ressembler
stirred - remué; brasser, agiter
motion - mouvement, motion
winds - vents; vent
The grand terrace of stone steps leading down to the water, spacious enough to mass the army of a German principality upon, was a picture to see, with its ranks of royal halberdiers in polished armour, and its troops of brilliantly costumed servitors flitting up and down, and to and fro, in the hurry of preparation.
terrace - toit-terrasse, terrasse, gradins
leading - dirigeante; (lead) dirigeante
army - l'armée; ; armée
German - Allemand, Allemande, Germain, Germaine
principality - principauté
ranks - rangs; rang
halberdiers - hallebardiers; hallebardier
polished - polie; polonais, polonais
costumed - costumé; costume, costume, déguisement, costume
flitting - flottement; (flit); voltiger, voleter, papillonner, virevolter
fro - fro
hurry - se dépecher; ; précipitation, hâte
preparation - préparation, concoction
Presently a command was given, and immediately all living creatures vanished from the steps. Now the air was heavy with the hush of suspense and expectancy. As far as one’s vision could carry, he might see the myriads of people in the boats rise up, and shade their eyes from the glare of lanterns and torches, and gaze toward the palace.
immediately - immédiatement, tout de suite, aussitôt
vanished - disparue; disparaître, s'évanouir, s'annuler
Hush - chut !; silence
suspense - suspension, suspense, angoisse, anxiété, appréhension
expectancy - l'espérance de vie; ; attente, espérance, expectative
vision - vision, vue, aspiration, apparition
myriads - myriades; myriade, myriade, nombreux
rise up - se lever
glare - éblouissement; ; éclat
torches - torches; torche, flambeau, incendier
gaze - regard; ; fixer
A file of forty or fifty state barges drew up to the steps. They were richly gilt, and their lofty prows and sterns were elaborately carved. Some of them were decorated with banners and streamers; some with cloth-of-gold and arras embroidered with coats-of-arms; others with silken flags that had numberless little silver bells fastened to them, which shook out tiny showers of joyous music whenever the breezes fluttered them; others of yet higher pretensions, since they belonged to nobles in the prince’s immediate service, had their sides picturesquely fenced with shields gorgeously emblazoned with armorial bearings.
file - fichier; ranger, dossier, classement, limer, lime, rangée
gilt - doré; dorure, doré; (gild) doré; dorure, doré
lofty - noble; ; haut
prows - les proues; proue
sterns - sterns; sévere
elaborately - de maniere élaborée
decorated - décoré; décorer, orner, décorer
streamers - des banderoles; fanion
cloth - tissu, étoffe, tenue
embroidered - brodée; broder, broder
flags - drapeaux; drapeau
numberless - innombrable
silver - l'argent; argent
bells - cloches; cloche
tiny - minuscule
joyous - joyeux
breezes - brises; brise
fluttered - flotté; faséyer, voleter, voltiger, battement
immediate - immédiate; ; immédiat, proche
sides - côtés; côté
picturesquely - pittoresque
fenced - clôturé; clôture, cloison, recéleur, recéleuse, receleur
shields - boucliers; bouclier
Each state barge was towed by a tender. Besides the rowers, these tenders carried each a number of men-at-arms in glossy helmet and breastplate, and a company of musicians.
Barge - barge; ; chaland
towed - remorqué; remorquer
besides - d'ailleurs; aupres
rowers - rameurs; rameur
tenders - des appels d'offres; tendre
glossy - luisant, brillant
breastplate - cuirasse, poitrail, plastron
musicians - musiciens; musicien, musicienne
The advance-guard of the expected procession now appeared in the great gateway, a troop of halberdiers. ’They were dressed in striped hose of black and tawny, velvet caps graced at the sides with silver roses, and doublets of murrey and blue cloth, embroidered on the front and back with the three feathers, the prince’s blazon, woven in gold. Their halberd staves were covered with crimson velvet, fastened with gilt nails, and ornamented with gold tassels. filing off on the right and left, they formed two long lines, extending from the gateway of the palace to the water’s edge. A thick rayed cloth or carpet was then unfolded, and laid down between them by attendants in the gold-and-crimson liveries of the prince. This done, a flourish of trumpets resounded from within. A lively prelude arose from the musicians on the water; and two ushers with white wands marched with a slow and stately pace from the portal. They were followed by an officer bearing the civic mace, after whom came another carrying the city’s sword; then several sergeants of the city guard, in their full accoutrements, and with badges on their sleeves; then the Garter King-at-arms, in his tabard; then several Knights of the Bath, each with a white lace on his sleeve; then their esquires; then the judges, in their robes of scarlet and coifs; then the Lord High Chancellor of England, in a robe of scarlet, open before, and purfled with minever; then a deputation of aldermen, in their scarlet cloaks; and then the heads of the different civic companies, in their robes of state.
advance - élever, avancer, avancée, progression, avance, souscription
expected - attendue; attendre, s'attendre a, attendre
procession - procession, cortege, kyrielle
troop - troupe
striped - rayé; rayure, galon, rayer
hose - tuyau
tawny - fauve; fauve
caps - des casquettes; casquette
roses - des roses; Rose
feathers - plumes; plume, fanon, mettre en drapeau, emplumer, fr
blazon - blason, blasonnement, blasonner, armorier
woven - tissé; (weave); tissé
staves - douves; douve, fuseau, strophe, portée
nails - clous; ongle
ornamented - orné; ornement, ornement musical
tassels - des pompons; panicule
filing off - le dépôt des dossiers
extending - s'étendant; étendre, prolonger
lace - dentelle; dentelle, pointue
edge - bord, côté, arete, carre
thick - épais, gros, dense, opaque, incompréhensible, lourd
rayed - rayonné; rayon
carpet - tapis, moquette, tapisser
unfolded - déployé; déplier, dérouler, dérouler, dérouler, fr
laid down - mis en place
flourish of trumpets - le son des trompettes
resounded - a retenti; retentir
lively - fringant, spirituel
Prelude - prélude
arose from - est née
ushers - huissiers; ouvreur, escorte, garçon d'honneur, huissier
wands - baguettes; baguette
officer - agent; ; fonctionnaire, officier, officier, officiere
bearing - naissant, coussinet; (bear) naissant, coussinet
civic - civique, citoyen
mace - masse; massue
sergeants - sergents; sergent
badges - badges; plaque, insigne, décoration, macaron, porte-nom, badge
Garter - jarretiere; ; jarretiere, jarretelle
tabard - tabard
Knights - chevaliers; chevalier
sleeve - manche, chemise (inner), gaine (outer), manchon
judges - juges; juger
scarlet - écarlate
minever - minever
aldermen - des échevins; échevin, conseiller municipal
cloaks - les manteaux; pelisse, pelerine
Now came twelve French gentlemen, in splendid habiliments, consisting of pourpoints of white damask barred with gold, short mantles of crimson velvet lined with violet taffeta, and carnation coloured hauts-de-chausses, and took their way down the steps. They were of the suite of the French ambassador, and were followed by twelve cavaliers of the suite of the Spanish ambassador, clothed in black velvet, unrelieved by any ornament. Following these came several great English nobles with their attendants.’
consisting - consistant; consister (en)
damask - damas, lie-de-vin
barred - interdit; barre
mantles - les manchons; manteau, les renes, manteau, manchon, manteau
Violet - violet, violette
taffeta - taffetas
carnation - oillet; ; oillet, oillet, incarnat
ambassador - ambassadeur, ambassadrice
cavaliers - les cavaliers; nonchalant, cavalier, chevalier, cavalier
unrelieved - sans soulagement
ornament - ornement, ornement musical
There was a flourish of trumpets within; and the Prince’s uncle, the future great Duke of Somerset, emerged from the gateway, arrayed in a ‘doublet of black cloth-of-gold, and a cloak of crimson satin flowered with gold, and ribanded with nets of silver.’ He turned, doffed his plumed cap, bent his body in a low reverence, and began to step backward, bowing at each step. A prolonged trumpet-blast followed, and a proclamation, "Way for the high and mighty the Lord Edward, Prince of Wales!
flourish - s'épanouir; ; fleurir, brandir, gesticulation, fioriture
trumpets - trompettes; trompette, trompettiste, barrissement
emerged - a émergé; émerger, émerger, sortir, émerger
arrayed - en tableau; gamme, kyrielle, ribambelle, éventail, tableau
doublet - doublet
cloak - cape; ; pelisse, pelerine
satin - satin; satin, satiné
nets - filets; (de/au) filet
plumed - plume; plume(t)
backward - a l'envers; ; arriéré, en arriere, a reculons
prolonged - prolongée; prolonger
blast - explosion; souffle
High aloft on the palace walls a long line of red tongues of flame leapt forth with a thunder-crash; the massed world on the river burst into a mighty roar of welcome; and Tom Canty, the cause and hero of it all, stepped into view and slightly bowed his princely head.
aloft - en altitude; ; en haut, en l'air
flame - flamme, polémique
leapt - a fait un bond
thunder - le tonnerre; ; tonnerre, tonitruer
crash - crash; fracas
massed - en masse; amas
roar - rugir, hurler, s'esclaffer, rire aux éclats
view - vue, vue, vision, regard, point de vue, opinion, regarder
He was ‘magnificently habited in a doublet of white satin, with a front-piece of purple cloth-of-tissue, powdered with diamonds, and edged with ermine. Over this he wore a mantle of white cloth-of-gold, pounced with the triple-feathered crest, lined with blue satin, set with pearls and precious stones, and fastened with a clasp of brilliants.
magnificently - magnifiquement
habited - habité; habitude
tissue - tissu, mouchoir en papier, kleenex
powdered - en poudre; poudre, réduire en poudre, pulvériser, poudrer
Diamonds - des diamants; (de/en) diamant
edged - bordé; bord, côté, arete, carre, bord, arete
ermine - l'hermine; ; hermine
mantle - manteau, les renes, manchon
pounced - s'est jeté; bondir
triple - triple, pour trois
feathered - a plumes; plume, fanon, mettre en drapeau, emplumer, fr
crest - l'écusson; ; crete, huppe, aigrette, cimier, criniere
pearls - perles; perle, perle, joyau, perlure, parisienne, sédanoise
stones - des pierres; pierre, t+roche, pierre, t+caillou, t+roc, t+roche
clasp - fermoir, serrer
brilliants - brillants; brillant, brillant, brillant, brillant, brillant
About his neck hung the order of the Garter, and several princely foreign orders;’ and wherever light fell upon him jewels responded with a blinding flash. O Tom Canty, born in a hovel, bred in the gutters of London, familiar with rags and dirt and misery, what a spectacle is this!
foreign - étrangers; ; étranger, étrangere
wherever - ou
responded - a répondu; répondre, répondre, répondre, répondre
flash - flash; clignoter, flash
hovel - masure; ; taudis
gutters - les gouttieres; gouttiere, caniveau
We left John Canty dragging the rightful prince into Offal Court, with a noisy and delighted mob at his heels. There was but one person in it who offered a pleading word for the captive, and he was not heeded; he was hardly even heard, so great was the turmoil. The Prince continued to struggle for freedom, and to rage against the treatment he was suffering, until John Canty lost what little patience was left in him, and raised his oaken cudgel in a sudden fury over the Prince’s head.
dragging - traînant; tirer, entraîner
rightful - légitime
heeded - pris en compte; attention, observer, surveiller
turmoil - des turbulences; ; chaos, désordre, tourmente, tumulte
struggle for freedom - lutte pour la liberté
suffering - la souffrance; ; souffrance, douleur, souffrance
sudden - soudain, soudaine, subit
The single pleader for the lad sprang to stop the man’s arm, and the blow descended upon his own wrist. Canty roared out-
single - seul, célibataire f, célibataire, simple
pleader - plaideur
descended - descendu; descendre, descendre, descendre
wrist - poignet
"Thou’lt meddle, wilt thou? Then have thy reward."
meddle - s'immiscer; ; s'ingérer, se meler
Reward - récompense; récompenser
His cudgel crashed down upon the meddler’s head: there was a groan, a dim form sank to the ground among the feet of the crowd, and the next moment it lay there in the dark alone. The mob pressed on, their enjoyment nothing disturbed by this episode.
crashed - écrasé; fracas
meddler - un médiateur; ; fouineur, fouineuse
dim - dim; faible, vague
enjoyment - jouissance, plaisir
episode - épisode
Presently the Prince found himself in John Canty’s abode, with the door closed against the outsiders. By the vague light of a tallow candle which was thrust into a bottle, he made out the main features of the loathsome den, and also the occupants of it.
abode - domicile; domicile, demeure; (abide); endurer, tolérer
outsiders - étrangers; exclu, tiers, nouveau venu, étranger, inconnu
vague - vague
tallow candle - bougie de suif
thrust - estocade, poussée, propulser
main features - principales caractéristiques
loathsome - détestable; ; odieux, dégoutant
occupants - occupants; occupant, occupant, habitant
Two frowsy girls and a middle-aged woman cowered against the wall in one corner, with the aspect of animals habituated to harsh usage, and expecting and dreading it now. From another corner stole a withered hag with streaming grey hair and malignant eyes. John Canty said to this one-
frowsy - froncer les sourcils
cowered - s'est recroquevillé; se recroqueviller
wall in - dans le mur
aspect - aspect, rench: t-needed r
harsh - sévere; ; sévere, rude, cruel, dur, checkdure
dreading - redouté; redouter, craindre, redouter, craindre, crainte
Stole - volé; volâmes, volai, vola, volerent; (steal); voler, vol
withered - flétrie; (se) faner
hag - hag; sorcierere
streaming - streaming; (stream); ruisseau, ru, rupt, filet, flot, courant
malignant - maligne; ; malin, malveillant
"Tarry! There’s fine mummeries here. Mar them not till thou’st enjoyed them: then let thy hand be heavy as thou wilt. Stand forth, lad. Now say thy foolery again, an thou’st not forgot it. Name thy name. Who art thou?"
mummeries - des mummeries; mommerie
mar - mar; carboniser
not till - pas avant
foolery - la betise; ; folie
The insulted blood mounted to the little prince’s cheek once more, and he lifted a steady and indignant gaze to the man’s face and said-
insulted - insulté; insulter, insulte
mounted - monté; monter
cheek - joue, fesse, culot, toupet, potence de bringuebale
indignant - indigné
"‘Tis but ill-breeding in such as thou to command me to speak. I tell thee now, as I told thee before, I am Edward, Prince of Wales, and none other."
The stunning surprise of this reply nailed the hag’s feet to the floor where she stood, and almost took her breath. She stared at the Prince in stupid amazement, which so amused her ruffianly son, that he burst into a roar of laughter.
stunning - époustouflant; étourdir, étourdir, étonner, époustoufler
reply - répondre, réponse
nailed - cloué; ongle
stupid - stupide, bete
amazement - l'étonnement; ; stupéfaction, stupeur
amused - amusé; amuser
ruffianly - ruffianly
But the effect upon Tom Canty’s mother and sisters was different. Their dread of bodily injury gave way at once to distress of a different sort. They ran forward with woe and dismay in their faces, exclaiming-
bodily - corporel
injury - blessure
woe - tristesse, douleur, misere, malheur, hélas
"Oh, poor Tom, poor lad!"
The mother fell on her knees before the Prince, put her hands upon his shoulders, and gazed yearningly into his face through her rising tears. Then she said-
yearningly - avec ardeur
"Oh, my poor boy! Thy foolish reading hath wrought its woeful work at last, and ta’en thy wit away. Ah! why did’st thou cleave to it when I so warned thee ‘gainst it? Thou’st broke thy mother’s heart."
woeful - malheureux
ta - ta; merci
en - en
cleave - clivage; fendre
warned - averti; avertir, alerter, avertir, prévenir
The Prince looked into her face, and said gently-
"Thy son is well, and hath not lost his wits, good dame. Comfort thee: let me to the palace where he is, and straightway will the King my father restore him to thee."
"The King thy father! Oh, my child! unsay these words that be freighted with death for thee, and ruin for all that be near to thee. Shake of this gruesome dream. call back thy poor wandering memory. Look upon me. Am not I thy mother that bore thee, and loveth thee?"
unsay - non dit
freighted - fret; fret
ruin - la ruine; ruine, ruine, ruine, ruiner, abîmer, foutre en l'air
gruesome - macabre; ; horrible
call back - rappeler
wandering - l'errance; ; errement, errance, divagation; (wander); errer
bore - l'alésage; rencontrer, naquis, ennuyer, acabit, lasser
The Prince shook his head and reluctantly said-
reluctantly - a contrecour
"God knoweth I am loth to grieve thy heart; but truly have I never looked upon thy face before."
The woman sank back to a sitting posture on the floor, and, covering her eyes with her hands, gave way to heart-broken sobs and wailings.
posture - la posture; ; posture
sobs - sanglots; fdp-p
"Let the show go on!" shouted Canty. "What, Nan!-what, Bet! mannerless wenches! will ye stand in the Prince’s presence? Upon your knees, ye pauper scum, and do him reverence!"
mannerless - malotru
wenches - les femmes; jeune fille, jeune femme, fille, servante
scum - racaille; ; écume, couche, mousse, crasse, ordure
He followed this with another horse-laugh. The girls began to plead timidly for their brother; and Nan said-
plead - plaider
"An thou wilt but let him to bed, father, rest and sleep will heal his madness: prithee, do."
"Do, father," said Bet; "he is more worn than is his wont. To-morrow will he be himself again, and will beg with diligence, and come not empty home again."
This remark sobered the father’s joviality, and brought his mind to business. He turned angrily upon the Prince, and said-
remark - remarque; remarquent, remarquez, remarque, remarquons
sobered - dégrisé; sobre, sobre, sobre, sobre, cuver
joviality - jovialité
"The morrow must we pay two pennies to him that owns this hole; two pennies, mark ye-all this money for a half-year’s rent, else out of this we go. Show what thou’st gathered with thy lazy begging."
pennies - pennies; penny, penny
hole - trou; réduit, trou, fosse
rent - loyer; louez, loyer, louons, arrentez, accensons
gathered - rassemblés; rassembler, ramasser, recueillir, ramasser
lazy - paresseux, fainéant
The Prince said-
"Offend me not with thy sordid matters. I tell thee again I am the King’s son."
sordid - saleté, sordide, avide, crapuleux (1, 3)
A sounding blow upon the Prince’s shoulder from Canty’s broad palm sent him staggering into goodwife Canty’s arms, who clasped him to her breast, and sheltered him from a pelting rain of cuffs and slaps by interposing her own person. The frightened girls retreated to their corner; but the grandmother stepped eagerly forward to assist her son. The Prince sprang away from Mrs. Canty, exclaiming-
palm - palmier; paume, palmier
goodwife - bonne épouse
clasped - serré; fermoir, serrer
pelting - peler; (pelt) peler
slaps - des gifles; claque, gifler
interposing - par interposition; interposer, intercaler, interrompre, couper
retreated - s'est retirée; battre en retraite
assist - assister, aider, passe décisive
"Thou shalt not suffer for me, madam. Let these swine do their will upon me alone."
This speech infuriated the swine to such a degree that they set about their work without waste of time. Between them they belaboured the boy right soundly, and then gave the girls and their mother a beating for showing sympathy for the victim.
infuriated - exaspéré; enrager
set about - a propos de
sympathy - compassion, sympathie, condoléance
victim - victime
"Now," said Canty, "to bed, all of ye. The entertainment has tired me."
The light was put out, and the family retired. As soon as the snorings of the head of the house and his mother showed that they were asleep, the young girls crept to where the Prince lay, and covered him tenderly from the cold with straw and rags; and their mother crept to him also, and stroked his hair, and cried over him, whispering broken words of comfort and compassion in his ear the while.
snorings - ronflements; ronflement
crept - rampé; ramper, rampement, fatigue, fluage, reptation
stroked - caressé; coup
whispering - chuchotement; (whisper); chuchotement, chuchoter, susurrer
She had saved a morsel for him to eat, also; but the boy’s pains had swept away all appetite-at least for black and tasteless crusts. He was touched by her brave and costly defence of him, and by her commiseration; and he thanked her in very noble and princely words, and begged her to go to her sleep and try to forget her sorrows. And he added that the King his father would not let her loyal kindness and devotion go unrewarded. This return to his ‘madness’ broke her heart anew, and she strained him to her breast again and again, and then went back, drowned in tears, to her bed.
morsel - morceau
swept away - balayé
appetite - l'appétit; ; appétit
tasteless - insipide; ; fade
crusts - croutes; croute, croute, croute, écorce
Brave - courageux
defence - la défense; défense
commiseration - la commisération; ; commisération
sorrows - chagrins; peine, chagrin
loyal - loyal, fidele
devotion - la dévotion; ; dévouement, dévotion
unrewarded - non récompensée
anew - a nouveau; ; a nouveau, derechef
drowned in tears - noyé dans les larmes
As she lay thinking and mourning, the suggestion began to creep into her mind that there was an undefinable something about this boy that was lacking in Tom Canty, mad or sane. She could not describe it, she could not tell just what it was, and yet her sharp mother-instinct seemed to detect it and perceive it. What if the boy were really not her son, after all? Oh, absurd! She almost smiled at the idea, spite of her griefs and troubles. No matter, she found that it was an idea that would not ‘down,’ but persisted in haunting her. It pursued her, it harassed her, it clung to her, and refused to be put away or ignored. At last she perceived that there was not going to be any peace for her until she should devise a test that should prove, clearly and without question, whether this lad was her son or not, and so banish these wearing and worrying doubts. Ah, yes, this was plainly the right way out of the difficulty; therefore she set her wits to work at once to contrive that test. But it was an easier thing to propose than to accomplish. She turned over in her mind one promising test after another, but was obliged to relinquish them all-none of them were absolutely sure, absolutely perfect; and an imperfect one could not satisfy her.
mourning - le deuil; ; deuil; (mourn); déplorer, porter le deuil
suggestion - suggestion, proposition
creep - rampant; ; ramper, rampement, fatigue, fluage, reptation
undefinable - indéfinissable
lacking - manquant; manquer de qqch
sharp - pointu; ; affilé, coupant, affuté, tranchant
instinct - l'instinct; ; instinct
detect - détecter; détectez, détectent, dénicher, détectons, détecter
absurd - absurde
griefs - griefs; douleur, peine
persisted - persisté; persister
haunting - la hantise; ; hantise; (haunt); hanter, demeurer
pursued - poursuivie; poursuivre, rechercher
harassed - harcelés; harceler, harceler, harceler
clung to - a laquelle il s'est accroché
refused - refusé; refuser de
ignored - ignorée; ignorer, ne pas preter attention a
perceived - perçue; percevoir
devise - concevoir, élaborer
Clearly - en clair; ; clairement
whether - si, que, soit, si oui ou non
banish - bannir
worrying - inquiétant; lancinant; (worry); inquiéter, harceler, souci
difficulty - difficulté
contrive - de l'argent; ; combiner, inventer
propose - proposer, demander en mariage
accomplish - accomplir
turned over - retourné
promising - prometteur; vou, promesse, promesse, promettre
obliged - obligée; imposer, obliger, rendre service
relinquish - abandonner, renoncer, lâcher, relâcher, laisser
absolutely - absolument
imperfect - imparfait
satisfy - satisfaire
Evidently she was racking her head in vain-it seemed manifest that she must give the matter up. While this depressing thought was passing through her mind, her ear caught the regular breathing of the boy, and she knew he had fallen asleep. And while she listened, the measured breathing was broken by a soft, startled cry, such as one utters in a troubled dream. This chance occurrence furnished her instantly with a plan worth all her laboured tests combined. She at once set herself feverishly, but noiselessly, to work to relight her candle, muttering to herself, "Had I but seen him then, I should have known! Since that day, when he was little, that the powder burst in his face, he hath never been startled of a sudden out of his dreams or out of his thinkings, but he hath cast his hand before his eyes, even as he did that day; and not as others would do it, with the palm inward, but always with the palm turned outward-I have seen it a hundred times, and it hath never varied nor ever failed. Yes, I shall soon know, now!"
racking - le rayonnage; (rack) le rayonnage
vain - vaine; ; rench: vaniteux, frivole, vain, futile
manifest - manifeste, bordereau, profession de foi, proclamation
depressing - déprimant; appuyer
passing through - en passant
regular - réguliere; ; régulier, habitué, habituée, habitués, habituées
fallen asleep - Tu t'es endormi
measured - mesurée; mesure, mesure, mesure, mesurer
startled - surpris; sursauter, surprendre
utters - prononce-t-il; complet, total
Occurrence - occurrence
furnished - meublé; meubler, fournir, livrer
laboured - laborieux; effort, travail, labeur, besogne, travailleurs-p
combined - combinés; combiner
feverishly - fébrilement
noiselessly - sans bruit
relight - rallumer
candle - bougie, chandelle
powder - poudre, réduire en poudre, pulvériser, poudrer, pulvériser
burst in - fait irruption
By this time she had crept to the slumbering boy’s side, with the candle, shaded, in her hand. She bent heedfully and warily over him, scarcely breathing in her suppressed excitement, and suddenly flashed the light in his face and struck the floor by his ear with her knuckles. The sleeper’s eyes sprang wide open, and he cast a startled stare about him-but he made no special movement with his hands.
slumbering - dormir; (slumber); somnolence, somnoler
shaded - ombragée; alose
heedfully - attentivement
warily - avec prudence
scarcely - a peine; ; a peine, guere
suppressed - supprimée; contenir, fr
struck - frappé; biffer, rayer, barrer, frapper, battre, frapper
knuckles - poings américains; articulation du doigt, articulation
sleeper - wagon lit, dormant
stare - fixer; regarder (fixement), dévisager
The poor woman was smitten almost helpless with surprise and grief; but she contrived to hide her emotions, and to soothe the boy to sleep again; then she crept apart and communed miserably with herself upon the disastrous result of her experiment.
poor woman - pauvre femme
helpless - sans défense, désemparé
grief - le chagrin; ; douleur, peine
contrived - artificiel; combiner, inventer
emotions - des émotions; émotion
soothe - apaiser, calmer, soulager
apart - a part; ; séparé, séparément, a part, en morceaux, en pieces
communed - communié; communauté
miserably - misérablement
disastrous - désastreux
experiment - expérience, expérimenter
She tried to believe that her Tom’s madness had banished this habitual gesture of his; but she could not do it. "No," she said, "his hands are not mad; they could not unlearn so old a habit in so brief a time. Oh, this is a heavy day for me!"
banished - banni; bannir
habitual - habituel
unlearn - désapprendre
Still, hope was as stubborn now as doubt had been before; she could not bring herself to accept the verdict of the test; she must try the thing again-the failure must have been only an accident; so she startled the boy out of his sleep a second and a third time, at intervals-with the same result which had marked the first test; then she dragged herself to bed, and fell sorrowfully asleep, saying, "But I cannot give him up-oh no, I cannot, I cannot-he must be my boy!
stubborn - tetu; ; tetu, enteté, borné
Accept - accepter, accepter (de), prendre sur soi, endurer patiemment
verdict - verdict
failure - l'échec; ; échec, daube, flop, panne
intervals - intervalles; intervalle, intervalle
marked - marqué; Marc, Marc, Marc
The poor mother’s interruptions having ceased, and the Prince’s pains having gradually lost their power to disturb him, utter weariness at last sealed his eyes in a profound and restful sleep. Hour after hour slipped away, and still he slept like the dead. Thus four or five hours passed. Then his stupor began to lighten. Presently, while half asleep and half awake, he murmured-
interruptions - des interruptions; interruption, interruption
disturb - déranger, perturber, gener
sealed - scellé; sceau
profound - profond
restful - reposant
slipped - a glissé; glisser
stupor - stupeur
lighten - alléger
"Sir William!"
After a moment-
"Ho, Sir William Herbert! Hie thee hither, and list to the strangest dream that ever . . . Sir William! dost hear? Man, I did think me changed to a pauper, and . . . Ho there! Guards! Sir William! What! is there no groom of the chamber in waiting? Alack! it shall go hard with-"
Strangest - le plus étrange; étrange, anormal, inconnu, étranger
"What aileth thee?" asked a whisper near him. "Who art thou calling?"
whisper - chuchotement, chuchoter, susurrer, murmurer
"Sir William Herbert. Who art thou?"
"I? Who should I be, but thy sister Nan? Oh, Tom, I had forgot! Thou’rt mad yet-poor lad, thou’rt mad yet: would I had never woke to know it again! But prithee master thy tongue, lest we be all beaten till we die!"
The startled Prince sprang partly up, but a sharp reminder from his stiffened bruises brought him to himself, and he sank back among his foul straw with a moan and the ejaculation-
partly - en partie
reminder - rappel
stiffened - s'est raidie; raidir, endurcir, se raidir, s'endurcir
bruises - des bleus; contusionner, meurtrir, taler, cotir, se taler
moan - gémissement, se plaindre, geindre, gémir, mugir
ejaculation - éjaculation
"Alas! it was no dream, then!"
In a moment all the heavy sorrow and misery which sleep had banished were upon him again, and he realised that he was no longer a petted prince in a palace, with the adoring eyes of a nation upon him, but a pauper, an outcast, clothed in rags, prisoner in a den fit only for beasts, and consorting with beggars and thieves.
adoring - adorer; adorer, adorer
nation - nation; peuple, nation
outcast - exclu; faillir
consorting - consortage; consort, consort
thieves - voleurs; voler
In the midst of his grief he began to be conscious of hilarious noises and shoutings, apparently but a block or two away. The next moment there were several sharp raps at the door; John Canty ceased from snoring and said-
conscious - conscient
hilarious - hilarant
noises - bruits; bruit, vacarme, brouhaha, boucan, tintamarre, bruit
block - bloc; bloquer, bloquent, bloquons, obstruer, bloc, buche
raps - raps; coup sec
snoring - ronflement; (snore); ronfler, ronflement
"Who knocketh? What wilt thou?"
knocketh - frappe
A voice answered-
"Know’st thou who it was thou laid thy cudgel on?"
"No. Neither know I, nor care."
care - soins; s'occuper, soin, souci
"Belike thou’lt change thy note eftsoons. An thou would save thy neck, nothing but flight may stead thee. The man is this moment delivering up the ghost. ’Tis the priest, Father Andrew!"
ghost - fantôme, spectre, esprit, revenant
"God-a-mercy!" exclaimed Canty. He roused his family, and hoarsely commanded, "Up with ye all and fly-or bide where ye are and perish!"
roused - réveillé; réveiller
hoarsely - rauque; ; sechement
perish - périr
Scarcely five minutes later the Canty household were in the street and flying for their lives. John Canty held the Prince by the wrist, and hurried him along the dark way, giving him this caution in a low voice-
household - foyer, ménage, maisonnée, domestique
hurried - pressé; précipitation, hâte, dépecher
caution - prudence; ; admonition, checkavertissement, checkmise en garde
"Mind thy tongue, thou mad fool, and speak not our name. I will choose me a new name, speedily, to throw the law’s dogs off the scent. Mind thy tongue, I tell thee!"
fool - idiot; ; dinde, fou, bouffon, mat, duper, tromper
speedily - rapidement
throw - lancer; jetent, jetez, jetons, mise bas
scent - parfum; ; odeur, odorat, sentir
He growled these words to the rest of the family-
growled - a grogné; feulement, grognement, borborygme, gargouillement
"If it so chance that we be separated, let each make for London Bridge; whoso findeth himself as far as the last linen-draper’s shop on the bridge, let him tarry there till the others be come, then will we flee into Southwark together."
be separated - etre séparés
findeth - trouve
linen - le linge; ; toile, lin, linge, linge
flee - s'enfuir, prendre la fuite, échapper
John Canty delivered himself of a furious curse and commanded a retreat; but it was too late. He and his tribe were swallowed up in that swarming hive of humanity, and hopelessly separated from each other in an instant. We are not considering that the Prince was one of his tribe; Canty still kept his grip upon him.
furious - furieux, furieux
curse - malédiction; maudire, maudisent, maudisons, blasphémer
retreat - retraite; retraite
swallowed up - englouti
humanity - l'humanité; ; humanité
hopelessly - sans espoir
separated - séparée; séparé, séparée, séparé, séparée, séparer, séparer
considering - en tenant compte; ; compte tenu de, vu, étant donné
grip - poignée; ballot, grippe, saisir, agripper, préhension
The Prince’s heart was beating high with hopes of escape, now. A burly waterman, considerably exalted with liquor, found himself rudely shoved by Canty in his efforts to plough through the crowd; he laid his great hand on Canty’s shoulder and said-
escape - échapper, s'échapper, éviter, échapper (a quelqu'un), évasion
burly - costaud; robuste
waterman - waterman
Considerably - considérablement, largement
liquor - l'alcool; ; spiritueux
shoved - poussé; enfoncer, pousser
plough through - a travers
"Nay, whither so fast, friend? Dost canker thy soul with sordid business when all that be leal men and true make holiday?"
canker - cancer
"Mine affairs are mine own, they concern thee not," answered Canty, roughly; "take away thy hand and let me pass."
concern - inquiétude, souci, soin, préoccupation, concerner
roughly - en gros; ; rudement, approximativement
pass - passer; doubler, passe, dépasser, passez, passons, passage
"Sith that is thy humour, thou’lt not pass, till thou’st drunk to the Prince of Wales, I tell thee that," said the waterman, barring the way resolutely.
humour - l'humour; ; humour, humeur, disposition, humeur, amadouer
barring - l'entrave; (bar) l'entrave
resolutely - résolument
"Give me the cup, then, and make speed, make speed!"
Other revellers were interested by this time. They cried out-
"The loving-cup, the loving-cup! make the sour knave drink the loving-cup, else will we feed him to the fishes."
sour - aigre, sur, rance, tourné, acerbe, acariâtre
knave - chevalier; ; page, voyou, fourbe, valet
So a huge loving-cup was brought; the waterman, grasping it by one of its handles, and with the other hand bearing up the end of an imaginary napkin, presented it in due and ancient form to Canty, who had to grasp the opposite handle with one of his hands and take off the lid with the other, according to ancient custom.
grasping - saisir; saisir, agripper, comprendre, saisir
handles - poignées; anse, poignée, manche
lid - couvercle
This left the Prince hand-free for a second, of course. He wasted no time, but dived among the forest of legs about him and disappeared. In another moment he could not have been harder to find, under that tossing sea of life, if its billows had been the Atlantic’s and he a lost sixpence.
wasted - gaspillé; gaspiller
dived - plongé; plonger
forest - foret; ; foret, brousse, sylve, bois; (fore) foret; ; foret
tossing - le lancer; (toss); jet, au pile ou face, tirage au sort, lancer
billows - des bouées; flot, ondoyer
Atlantic - atlantique
sixpence - six pence; sixpence
He very soon realised this fact, and straightway busied himself about his own affairs without further thought of John Canty. He quickly realised another thing, too. To wit, that a spurious Prince of Wales was being feasted by the city in his stead. He easily concluded that the pauper lad, Tom Canty, had deliberately taken advantage of his stupendous opportunity and become a usurper.
spurious - fallacieux; ; faux, trompeur
easily - facilement
concluded - conclu; conclure
deliberately - délibérément
stupendous - stupéfiante
usurper - usurpateur, usurpatrice
Therefore there was but one course to pursue-find his way to the Guildhall, make himself known, and denounce the impostor. He also made up his mind that Tom should be allowed a reasonable time for spiritual preparation, and then be hanged, drawn and quartered, according to the law and usage of the day in cases of high treason.
pursue - poursuivre, rechercher
Guildhall - guildhall
denounce - dénoncer
allowed - autorisé; laisser, accorder, accorder, permettre, laisser
reasonable - raisonnable
spiritual - spirituel
hanged - pendu
cases - cas; cas
high treason - haute trahison
The royal barge, attended by its gorgeous fleet, took its stately way down the Thames through the wilderness of illuminated boats.
attended - a assisté; assister a, suivre
Fleet - la flotte; flotte
wilderness - la nature sauvage; ; désert, naturalité, nature sauvage
illuminated - éclairé; illuminer
The air was laden with music; the river banks were beruffled with joy-flames; the distant city lay in a soft luminous glow from its countless invisible bonfires; above it rose many a slender spire into the sky, incrusted with sparkling lights, wherefore in their remoteness they seemed like jewelled lances thrust aloft; as the fleet swept along, it was greeted from the banks with a continuous hoarse roar of cheers and the ceaseless flash and boom of artillery.
laden - laden; ; chargé, chargée; (lade) laden; ; chargé, chargée
beruffled - beruffled
flames - flammes; flamme, polémique
distant - distante; ; distant, lointain, éloigné
luminous - lumineux
glow - l'éclat; ; briller, luire, irradier, lueur, éclat
countless - innombrables; ; incalculable, innombrable
invisible - invisible, caché
slender - svelte, mince
spire - spire; fleche
sky - ciel; ciel, nue
remoteness - l'éloignement; ; éloignement
lances - lances; lance, lance, lance, lance
greeted - salué; saluer, accueillir
continuous - continue
hoarse - rauque; rauque, rugueux
Cheers - a votre santé, a plus, salut, ciao
ceaseless - incessant
boom - boom; forte hausse
Artillery - l'artillerie; ; artillerie
To Tom Canty, half buried in his silken cushions, these sounds and this spectacle were a wonder unspeakably sublime and astonishing. To his little friends at his side, the Princess Elizabeth and the Lady Jane Grey, they were nothing.
buried - enterré; enterrer
cushions - coussins; coussin, amortir
unspeakably - de maniere indescriptible
sublime - sublime; auguste
astonishing - étonnante; étonner, surprendre
Arrived at the Dowgate, the fleet was towed up the limpid Walbrook (whose channel has now been for two centuries buried out of sight under acres of buildings) to Bucklersbury, past houses and under bridges populous with merry-makers and brilliantly lighted, and at last came to a halt in a basin where now is Barge Yard, in the centre of the ancient city of London.
limpid - limpide
bridges - des ponts; pont
populous - populeux
makers - les faiseurs; faiseur, fabricant, créateur
halt - halte; s'arreter, stop, stopper
basin - bassin; cuvette, bassine, lavabo, bassin, bassin
Tom disembarked, and he and his gallant procession crossed Cheapside and made a short march through the Old Jewry and Basinghall Street to the Guildhall.
disembarked - débarqué; débarquer, débarquer
gallant - galant; brave, vaillant, galant
crossed - croisé; crosse
Jewry - la juiverie; ; judéité, judaité, judeité, judaicité
Tom and his little ladies were received with due ceremony by the Lord mayor and the Fathers of the City, in their gold chains and scarlet robes of state, and conducted to a rich canopy of state at the head of the great hall, preceded by heralds making proclamation, and by the Mace and the City Sword. The lords and ladies who were to attend upon Tom and his two small friends took their places behind their chairs.
ceremony - cérémonie
Lord mayor - Monsieur le maire
chains - chaînes; chaîne, chaîne, chaîne, chaîne, enchaîner, enchaîner
canopy - d'auvent; ; dais, baldaquin, voute, marquise, canopée
preceded - précédé; précéder, précéder
Heralds - hérauts; héraut, messager/-ere
At a lower table the Court grandees and other guests of noble degree were seated, with the magnates of the city; the commoners took places at a multitude of tables on the main floor of the hall. From their lofty vantage-ground the giants Gog and Magog, the ancient guardians of the city, contemplated the spectacle below them with eyes grown familiar to it in forgotten generations.
guests - invités; invité, invitée, hôte, client
magnates - magnats; magnat
vantage - avantage
There was a bugle-blast and a proclamation, and a fat butler appeared in a high perch in the leftward wall, followed by his servitors bearing with impressive solemnity a royal baron of beef, smoking hot and ready for the knife.
bugle - clairon; clairon
perch - perche; perchoir
leftward - a gauche
impressive - impressionnante
solemnity - solennité, solennité
beef - bouf; ; bouf
smoking - fumant; (smoke) fumant
knife - couteau, frapper d'un coup de couteau
After grace, Tom (being instructed) rose-and the whole house with him-and drank from a portly golden loving-cup with the Princess Elizabeth; from her it passed to the Lady Jane, and then traversed the general assemblage. So the banquet began.
instructed - instruit; instruire, enseigner, apprendre
portly - portante; ; fort, corpulent
traversed - traversé; franchir, traverser
assemblage - assemblage
By midnight the revelry was at its height. Now came one of those picturesque spectacles so admired in that old day. A description of it is still extant in the quaint wording of a chronicler who witnessed it:
height - hauteur, taille
spectacles - lunettes; spectacle
admired - admiré; admirer
extant - encore en vigueur; ; existant
chronicler - chroniqueur
witnessed - témoins; témoignage, témoin, témoin, preuve, témoigner
‘Space being made, presently entered a baron and an earl appareled after the Turkish fashion in long robes of bawdkin powdered with gold; hats on their heads of crimson velvet, with great rolls of gold, girded with two swords, called scimitars, hanging by great bawdricks of gold. Next came yet another baron and another earl, in two long gowns of yellow satin, traversed with white satin, and in every bend of white was a bend of crimson satin, after the fashion of Russia, with furred hats of gray on their heads; either of them having an hatchet in their hands, and boots with pykes’ (points a foot long), ‘turned up. And after them came a knight, then the Lord High Admiral, and with him five nobles, in doublets of crimson velvet, voyded low on the back and before to the cannell-bone, laced on the breasts with chains of silver; and over that, short cloaks of crimson satin, and on their heads hats after the dancers’ fashion, with pheasants’ feathers in them.
appareled - habillé; tenue
Turkish - turque; ; turc
bawdkin - bawdkin
rolls - rouleaux; rouleau
swords - épées; épée, glaive, épéiste
scimitars - les cimeterres; cimeterre
gowns - robes; robe, toge (general term, especially Roman Antiquity)
bend - plier; ; courber, tordre, tourner
Russia - la russie; Russie
furred - a fourrure; poil, pelage
Gray - gris
hatchet - hachette
admiral - amiral
bone - os; os
laced - lacé; lacet
breasts - seins; sein, poitrine, poitrine, poitrine, cour, poitrine
pheasants - des faisans; faisan
These were appareled after the fashion of Prussia. The torchbearers, which were about an hundred, were appareled in crimson satin and green, like Moors, their faces black. Next came in a mommarye. Then the minstrels, which were disguised, danced; and the lords and ladies did wildly dance also, that it was a pleasure to behold.’
Prussia - la prusse; ; Prusse
moors - landes; lande
mommarye - mommarye
minstrels - des ménestrels; ménestrel, ménétrier
disguised - déguisé; déguisement, déguiser
wildly - sauvage; ; sauvagement
And while Tom, in his high seat, was gazing upon this ‘wild’ dancing, lost in admiration of the dazzling commingling of kaleidoscopic colours which the whirling turmoil of gaudy figures below him presented, the ragged but real little Prince of Wales was proclaiming his rights and his wrongs, denouncing the impostor, and clamouring for admission at the gates of Guildhall! The crowd enjoyed this episode prodigiously, and pressed forward and craned their necks to see the small rioter.
seat - siege; ; place, siege, assise, séant, fond
wild - sauvage; pétulant, grose, sauvage
kaleidoscopic - kaléidoscopique
figures - chiffres; figure, forme, personnage, figure, personnalité
ragged - dépenaillé, loqueteuxse; (rag) dépenaillé, loqueteuxse
proclaiming - proclamer; proclamer, déclarer, proclamer
denouncing - dénoncer; dénoncer, dénoncer, qualifier
clamouring - clamant; clameur
admission - l'admission; ; admission
prodigiously - prodigieusement
pressed forward - pressé en avant
craned - grue; grue
necks - cou; cou
rioter - émeutier, émeutiere
Presently they began to taunt him and mock at him, purposely to goad him into a higher and still more entertaining fury. Tears of mortification sprang to his eyes, but he stood his ground and defied the mob right royally. Other taunts followed, added mockings stung him, and he exclaimed-
purposely - a dessein; ; expres
goad - aiguillon, aiguillonner, provoquer
mortification - mortification
defied - défié; défier, désobéir a
taunts - des railleries; accabler de sarcasmes
stung - piqué; piquant, dard
"I tell ye again, you pack of unmannerly curs, I am the Prince of Wales! And all forlorn and friendless as I be, with none to give me word of grace or help me in my need, yet will not I be driven from my ground, but will maintain it!"
pack - pack; emballer, emballons, emballent, emballez, ballot
unmannerly - sans manieres
curs - curseur; (cur); clébard, corniaud, roquet, clebs, chien
"Though thou be prince or no prince, ‘tis all one, thou be’st a gallant lad, and not friendless neither! Here stand I by thy side to prove it; and mind I tell thee thou might’st have a worser friend than Miles Hendon and yet not tire thy legs with seeking. Rest thy small jaw, my child; I talk the language of these base kennel-rats like to a very native."
worser - plus mauvais
tire - fatiguer, pneu, pneumatique
jaw - mâchoire; mâchoire
base - base; base, baser, basent, socle, basez, Assise, basons
rats - les rats; rat
The speaker was a sort of Don Caesar de Bazan in dress, aspect, and bearing. He was tall, trim-built, muscular. His doublet and trunks were of rich material, but faded and threadbare, and their gold-lace adornments were sadly tarnished; his ruff was rumpled and damaged; the plume in his slouched hat was broken and had a bedraggled and disreputable look; at his side he wore a long rapier in a rusty iron sheath; his swaggering carriage marked him at once as a ruffler of the camp.
Caesar - césar; César
trim - de l'habillage; ; tailler, compenser, compensation
muscular - musculaire, musclé, musculeux
trunks - troncs d'arbre; tronc, malle, coffre, trompe
faded - fanée; mode, lubie
threadbare - filiforme; ; élimé
adornments - des ornements; parure
tarnished - terni; ternir
rumpled - froissé; froisser
damaged - endommagé; dégât, dommage, dégât, dommage, endommager, abîmer
plume - plume; plume(t)
slouched - avachi; empoté
disreputable - peu recommandable
rapier - rapiere; estoc
rusty - rubigineux
iron - le fer; ; fer, repasser
sheath - gaine; gaine
swaggering - en train de plastronner; (swagger) en train de plastronner
ruffler - ébouriffer
Camp - le camp; campez, camper, campent, campons
The speech of this fantastic figure was received with an explosion of jeers and laughter. Some cried, "‘Tis another prince in disguise!" "‘Ware thy tongue, friend: belike he is dangerous!" "Marry, he looketh it-mark his eye!" "Pluck the lad from him-to the horse-pond wi’ the cub!"
figure - figure, forme, personnage, figure, personnalité, chiffre
explosion - explosion
in disguise - déguisé
looketh - regarde
pluck - tirer, pincer, plumer, voler, abats, persévérance, (du) cour
cub - cub; petit (d''un animal)
Instantly a hand was laid upon the Prince, under the impulse of this happy thought; as instantly the stranger’s long sword was out and the meddler went to the earth under a sounding thump with the flat of it. The next moment a score of voices shouted, "Kill the dog! Kill him! Kill him!" and the mob closed in on the warrior, who backed himself against a wall and began to lay about him with his long weapon like a madman.
impulse - impulsion
earth - terre, terrier, relier a la terre, tmettre a la terre, enterrer
thump - le coup de poing; ; coup sourd, tambouriner
score - nombre de point oints, score, note, vingtaine
kill - tuer; tuent, tuons, tuer, dézinguer, tuez
warrior - guerrier, guerriere
weapon - arme
madman - fou, insensé
His victims sprawled this way and that, but the mob-tide poured over their prostrate forms and dashed itself against the champion with undiminished fury.
victims - victimes; victime, victime, victime, victime, victime, victime
sprawled - étalé; s'affaler, s'étaler, s'étendre, étalement, fr
tide - marée; marées, reflux, marée
poured - versé; verser, se déverser
prostrate - prostrée; ; prosterner
dashed - en pointillés; tiret, trait, ta, sprint, soupçon, se précipiter
champion - champion, championne, championner
undiminished - sans diminution
His moments seemed numbered, his destruction certain, when suddenly a trumpet-blast sounded, a voice shouted, "Way for the King’s messenger!" and a troop of horsemen came charging down upon the mob, who fled out of harm’s reach as fast as their legs could carry them. The bold stranger caught up the Prince in his arms, and was soon far away from danger and the multitude.
destruction - la destruction; ; destruction
trumpet - trompette, trompettiste, barrissement, jouer de la trompette
horsemen - cavaliers; cavalier, cavalier
charging - charge; frais-p, charge, chef d’accusation, chef d’inculpation
danger - danger, péril
Return we within the Guildhall. Suddenly, high above the jubilant roar and thunder of the revel, broke the clear peal of a bugle-note. There was instant silence-a deep hush; then a single voice rose-that of the messenger from the palace-and began to pipe forth a proclamation, the whole multitude standing listening.
jubilant - jubilatoire
peal - peal; tinter
pipe - cornemuse, conduit, tuyau, barre verticale, tube, pipe
The closing words, solemnly pronounced, were-
closing words - les derniers mots
pronounced - prononcée; déclarer, prononcer, déclamer, lire, prononcer
"The King is dead!"
The great assemblage bent their heads upon their breasts with one accord; remained so, in profound silence, a few moments; then all sank upon their knees in a body, stretched out their hands toward Tom, and a mighty shout burst forth that seemed to shake the building-
accord - accord; ; entente, accorder
stretched - étiré; étendre, s'étendre, s'étirer, étirement
"Long live the King!"
Poor Tom’s dazed eyes wandered abroad over this stupefying spectacle, and finally rested dreamily upon the kneeling princesses beside him, a moment, then upon the Earl of Hertford. A sudden purpose dawned in his face. He said, in a low tone, at Lord Hertford’s ear-
stupefying - stupéfiant; stupéfier, abrutir, hébéter, sidérer, abasourdir
dreamily - reveusement
princesses - princesses; princesse, princesse
purpose - objectif; dgssein, dessein, dgssein, finalité, but
dawned - s'est levé; se lever, naître, aube, lever du soleil, aube, aube
"Answer me truly, on thy faith and honour! Uttered I here a command, the which none but a king might hold privilege and prerogative to utter, would such commandment be obeyed, and none rise up to say me nay?"
honour - l'honneur; honorer
uttered - prononcée; complet, total
hold - tenir; stopper, tiens, tiennent, tenons, tenir
privilege - privilege; ; privilege, privilégier
prerogative - prérogative
"None, my liege, in all these realms. In thy person bides the majesty of England. Thou art the king-thy word is law."
bides - bides; attendre (le bon moment)
Tom responded, in a strong, earnest voice, and with great animation-
earnest - sérieux; sérieux; (earn) sérieux; sérieux
animation - animation, invigoration
"Then shall the king’s law be law of mercy, from this day, and never more be law of blood! Up from thy knees and away! To the Tower, and say the King decrees the Duke of Norfolk shall not die!"
The words were caught up and carried eagerly from lip to lip far and wide over the hall, and as Hertford hurried from the presence, another prodigious shout burst forth-
lip - levre; ; levre
"The reign of blood is ended! Long live Edward, King of England!"
As soon as Miles Hendon and the little prince were clear of the mob, they struck down through back lanes and alleys toward the river. Their way was unobstructed until they approached London Bridge; then they ploughed into the multitude again, Hendon keeping a fast grip upon the Prince’s-no, the King’s-wrist. The tremendous news was already abroad, and the boy learned it from a thousand voices at once-"The King is dead!" The tidings struck a chill to the heart of the poor little waif, and sent a shudder through his frame. He realised the greatness of his loss, and was filled with a bitter grief; for the grim tyrant who had been such a terror to others had always been gentle with him. The tears sprang to his eyes and blurred all objects.
lanes - voies; chemin, qualifier
unobstructed - sans obstacle
ploughed - labouré; charrue, araire, labourer, labourer, labourer, pilonner
chill - refroidissement; froid
waif - waif; enfant abandonné
shudder - frémir; ; tremblement, frisson, frissonner, trembler
Loss - perte; perte, déperdition, perdition, déchet, coulage
Bitter - amere; amer, saumâtre
tyrant - tyran, tyran
blurred - floue; estomper, brouiller, s'estomper, flou, tache, salissure
For an instant he felt himself the most forlorn, outcast, and forsaken of God’s creatures-then another cry shook the night with its far-reaching thunders: "Long live King Edward the Sixth!" and this made his eyes kindle, and thrilled him with pride to his fingers’ ends. "Ah," he thought, "how grand and strange it seems-I am King!"
reaching - atteindre; arriver/parvenir a
thunders - tonnerres; tonnerre, tonner, tonitruer, tonitruer
sixth - sixieme; ; sixieme (''before the noun''); (''in names of monarchs and popes'') six (''after the name'') (''abbreviation'' VI)
kindle - kindle; allumer, enflammer
thrilled - ravie; exciter
pride - l'orgueil; ; orgueil, fierté, fierté
Our friends threaded their way slowly through the throngs upon the bridge. This structure, which had stood for six hundred years, and had been a noisy and populous thoroughfare all that time, was a curious affair, for a closely packed rank of stores and shops, with family quarters overhead, stretched along both sides of it, from one bank of the river to the other. The Bridge was a sort of town to itself; it had its inn, its beer-houses, its bakeries, its haberdasheries, its food markets, its manufacturing industries, and even its church. It looked upon the two neighbours which it linked together-London and Southwark-as being well enough as suburbs, but not otherwise particularly important. It was a close corporation, so to speak; it was a narrow town, of a single street a fifth of a mile long, its population was but a village population and everybody in it knew all his fellow-townsmen intimately, and had known their fathers and mothers before them-and all their little family affairs into the bargain. It had its aristocracy, of course-its fine old families of butchers, and bakers, and what-not, who had occupied the same old premises for five or six hundred years, and knew the great history of the Bridge from beginning to end, and all its strange legends; and who always talked bridgy talk, and thought bridgy thoughts, and lied in a long, level, direct, substantial bridgy way. It was just the sort of population to be narrow and ignorant and self-conceited. Children were born on the Bridge, were reared there, grew to old age, and finally died without ever having set a foot upon any part of the world but London Bridge alone. Such people would naturally imagine that the mighty and interminable procession which moved through its street night and day, with its confused roar of shouts and cries, its neighings and bellowing and bleatings and its muffled thunder-tramp, was the one great thing in this world, and themselves somehow the proprietors of it.
threaded - fileté; fil, fil, fil, processus léger, exétron, fil
throngs - des foules; essaim, foule, essaim
structure - structure
thoroughfare - voie de circulation; ; passage, grand-rue, voie principale
affair - affaire; ; aventure, liaison
rank - rang; rangée, rang, unie, standing
stores - magasins; entrepôt, stock, stocker, stocker, conserver
overhead - des frais généraux; dessus, sur, au dessus, aérien, grippage
Inn - l'auberge; ; auberge
bakeries - boulangeries; boulangerie
haberdasheries - haberdasheries; mercerie, mercerie
industries - des industries; industrie, industrie
linked - liés; maillon, chaînon
suburbs - les banlieues; banlieue, faubourg, arrondissement
particularly - en particulier
corporation - société anonyme
population - population
townsmen - des citadins; citadin
intimately - intimement
into the bargain - dans la négociation
aristocracy - l'aristocratie; ; aristocratie
butchers - bouchers; boucher/-ere
Bakers - les boulangers; boulanger, boulangere
premises - locaux; prémisse, prémisse, local
lied - menties, gésîmes, gési, gésie, gésirent, menti
level - plat, a ras, au meme niveau, constant, niveau, profondeur
Direct - direct, mettre en scene, ordonner
substantial - substantielle; ; substantiel
conceited - prétentieux; vanité, orgueil, concept
reared - élevé; arriere
interminable - interminable
shouts - crie; cri
cries - pleure; pleurer, crier, hurler, crier, gueuler, pleur, cri, cri
neighings - hennissements
bellowing - mugissement; mugir, beugler
muffled - étouffé; assourdir
tramp - piéton; ; clochard, va-nuieds, traînée, garce
somehow - d'une maniere ou d'une autre
proprietors - propriétaires; propriétaire, propriétaire
And so they were, in effect-at least they could exhibit it from their windows, and did-for a consideration-whenever a returning king or hero gave it a fleeting splendour, for there was no place like it for affording a long, straight, uninterrupted view of marching columns.
exhibit - exposer, exposition, piece a conviction
consideration - considération, checkraison, checkmotif, checkrécompense
fleeting - éphémere; flotte
affording - se le permettre; permettre
columns - colonnes; colonne, colonne, colonne, colonne, colonne (1, 2, 3)
Men born and reared upon the Bridge found life unendurably dull and inane elsewhere. History tells of one of these who left the Bridge at the age of seventy-one and retired to the country. But he could only fret and toss in his bed; he could not go to sleep, the deep stillness was so painful, so awful, so oppressive.
unendurably - sans fin
dull - émoussé, ennuyeux, barbant, mat, terne, sot, obtus
inane - inepte, insensé, niais, inane
fret - fret; (se) tracasser (pour)
toss - de la balle; ; jet, au pile ou face, tirage au sort, lancer
stillness - l'immobilité; ; calme, immobilité
painful - douloureux, laborieux
oppressive - oppressif
When he was worn out with it, at last, he fled back to his old home, a lean and haggard spectre, and fell peacefully to rest and pleasant dreams under the lulling music of the lashing waters and the boom and crash and thunder of London Bridge.
haggard - hagard; émacié
spectre - spectre; spectre
peacefully - pacifiquement
lulling - berceuse; pause, bonace, calme, apaiser, bercer, calmer
lashing - amarrant; (lash) amarrant
In the times of which we are writing, the Bridge furnished ‘object lessons’ in English history for its children-namely, the livid and decaying heads of renowned men impaled upon iron spikes atop of its gateways. But we digress.
namely - a savoir; ; nommément, c'est-a-dire, a savoir
livid - livide, furieux
decaying - en décomposition; décrépitude, déchéance, pourrir
renowned - renommée; renom
impaled - empalé; empaler, empaler
spikes - des pointes; clou, pointe, pieu, pic, pique, épi, crampons-p
atop - atop; ; au-dessus de, en haut de
digress - s'écarter du sujet; ; s'écarter, dévier
Hendon’s lodgings were in the little inn on the Bridge. As he neared the door with his small friend, a rough voice said-
lodgings - logements; logement, hébergement, verse
"So, thou’rt come at last! Thou’lt not escape again, I warrant thee; and if pounding thy bones to a pudding can teach thee somewhat, thou’lt not keep us waiting another time, mayhap,"-and John Canty put out his hand to seize the boy.
another time - une autre fois
seize - saisir, emparer
Miles Hendon stepped in the way and said-
"Not too fast, friend. Thou art needlessly rough, methinks. What is the lad to thee?"
needlessly - inutilement
methinks - pensez-vous; ; il me semble
"If it be any business of thine to make and meddle in others’ affairs, he is my son."
"‘Tis a lie!" cried the little King, hotly.
hotly - chaudement
"Boldly said, and I believe thee, whether thy small headpiece be sound or cracked, my boy. But whether this scurvy ruffian be thy father or no, ‘tis all one, he shall not have thee to beat thee and abuse, according to his threat, so thou prefer to bide with me."
boldly - hardiment
headpiece - de la tete; ; dessus de la tete
cracked - fissuré; (se) feler
beat - battre
threat - menace; menace
"I do, I do-I know him not, I loathe him, and will die before I will go with him."
loathe - exécrer, détester, hair
"Then ‘tis settled, and there is nought more to say."
settled - réglée; (s'')installer
"We will see, as to that!" exclaimed John Canty, striding past Hendon to get at the boy; "by force shall he-"
striding - a grandes enjambées; marcher a grands pas
by force - par la force
"If thou do but touch him, thou animated offal, I will spit thee like a goose!" said Hendon, barring the way and laying his hand upon his sword hilt. Canty drew back. "Now mark ye," continued Hendon, "I took this lad under my protection when a mob of such as thou would have mishandled him, mayhap killed him; dost imagine I will desert him now to a worser fate?
animated - animée; animé, animer
spit - vomir, cracher, jeter, expectorer
goose - l'oie; ; oie
hilt - hilt; ; poignée
killed - tué; tuer
desert - désert; désertez, quitter, désertons, désertent, déserter
fate - le destin; ; destin, destinée, sort
for whether thou art his father or no-and sooth to say, I think it is a lie-a decent swift death were better for such a lad than life in such brute hands as thine. So go thy ways, and set quick about it, for I like not much bandying of words, being not over-patient in my nature."
decent - integre, décent, substantiel
swift - rapide, martinet, dévidoir
bandying - le bandage; (bandy) le bandage
patient - patient, patient, patiente, malade
John Canty moved off, muttering threats and curses, and was swallowed from sight in the crowd. Hendon ascended three flights of stairs to his room, with his charge, after ordering a meal to be sent thither. It was a poor apartment, with a shabby bed and some odds and ends of old furniture in it, and was vaguely lighted by a couple of sickly candles. The little King dragged himself to the bed and lay down upon it, almost exhausted with hunger and fatigue.
threats - des menaces; menace
curses - des malédictions; maudire
swallowed - avalé; avaler
ascended - ascensionné; monter
stairs - escaliers; marche, escalier, volée
thither - la; ; la, d'ici la
vaguely - vaguement
sickly - malade; ; maladif, souffreteux, chétif, valétudinaire, douçâtre
candles - bougies; bougie, chandelle
exhausted - épuisé; épuiser, épuiser, épuiser, échappement
fatigue - la fatigue; ; fatigue, épuisement, corvée, fatiguer
He had been on his feet a good part of a day and a night (for it was now two or three o’clock in the morning), and had eaten nothing meantime. He murmured drowsily-
drowsily - somnolent
"Prithee call me when the table is spread," and sank into a deep sleep immediately.
spread - se propager; ; étaler, écarter, disperser, répandre, éparpiller
deep sleep - un sommeil profond
A smile twinkled in Hendon’s eye, and he said to himself-
twinkled - a scintillé; briller, briller, cligner, virevolter
"By the mass, the little beggar takes to one’s quarters and usurps one’s bed with as natural and easy a grace as if he owned them-with never a by-your-leave or so-please-it-you, or anything of the sort. In his diseased ravings he called himself the Prince of Wales, and bravely doth he keep up the character. Poor little friendless rat, doubtless his mind has been disordered with ill-usage. Well, I will be his friend; I have saved him, and it draweth me strongly to him; already I love the bold-tongued little rascal.
usurps - usurpations; usurper
ravings - des délires; divagations-p
character - caractere; ; personnage, caractere
rat - rat; rat
doubtless - sans doute; ; sans aucun doute, sans nul doute, indubitablement
disordered - désordonné; désordre, trouble, trouble, désordre
draweth - dessine
strongly - fort, fortement
tongued - langue; langue, languette
rascal - racaille, canaille, coquin, crapule, filou
How soldier-like he faced the smutty rabble and flung back his high defiance! And what a comely, sweet and gentle face he hath, now that sleep hath conjured away its troubles and its griefs. I will teach him; I will cure his malady; yea, I will be his elder brother, and care for him and watch over him; and whoso would shame him or do him hurt may order his shroud, for though I be burnt for it he shall need it!"
smutty - cochonne; infâme
flung - jeté; lancer
defiance - défiance; ; défi
cure - guérir; guérissez, guérissent, cicatriser, guérison
shame - la honte; honte, vergogne
shroud - l'enveloppe; drap mortuaire
burnt - brulé; ; brulé; (burn) brulé; ; brulé
He bent over the boy and contemplated him with kind and pitying interest, tapping the young cheek tenderly and smoothing back the tangled curls with his great brown hand. A slight shiver passed over the boy’s form. Hendon muttered-
pitying - de la pitié; compassion, pitié, dommage, honte, plaindre
tapping - l'écoute; (tap) l'écoute
smoothing - lissage; (smooth); lisse, doux, facile, sophistiqué, naturel
tangled - enchevetrés; désordre, enchevetrement
curls - boucles; boucle, rotationnel, rotationnel, boucler
passed over - passé
"See, now, how like a man it was to let him lie here uncovered and fill his body with deadly rheums. Now what shall I do? ‘twill wake him to take him up and put him within the bed, and he sorely needeth sleep."
uncovered - a découvert; découvrir
twill - sergé; ; armure
sorely - douloureusement
needeth - besoin
He looked about for extra covering, but finding none, doffed his doublet and wrapped the lad in it, saying, "I am used to nipping air and scant apparel, ‘tis little I shall mind the cold!"-then walked up and down the room, to keep his blood in motion, soliloquising as before.
nipping - la pince; pincer, donner un coup de dent
apparel - vetements; veture
"His injured mind persuades him he is Prince of Wales; ‘twill be odd to have a Prince of Wales still with us, now that he that was the prince is prince no more, but king-for this poor mind is set upon the one fantasy, and will not reason out that now it should cast by the prince and call itself the king. . . If my father liveth still, after these seven years that I have heard nought from home in my foreign dungeon, he will welcome the poor lad and give him generous shelter for my sake; so will my good elder brother, Arthur; my other brother, Hugh-but I will crack his crown an he interfere, the fox-hearted, ill-conditioned animal!
injured - blessé; blesser, blesser
persuades - persuade; persuader, convaincre
liveth - vit
dungeon - oubliette, donjon, cachot
generous - généreux
for my sake - pour mon bien
crack - crack; croustiller, fissure, craquement, fracas, craquer
fox - renard, goupil, rench: t-needed r, roublard, retors, bombe
conditioned - conditionné; condition, condition, condition
Yes, thither will we fare-and straightway, too."
fare - tarif; aller, tarifaire
A servant entered with a smoking meal, disposed it upon a small deal table, placed the chairs, and took his departure, leaving such cheap lodgers as these to wait upon themselves. The door slammed after him, and the noise woke the boy, who sprang to a sitting posture, and shot a glad glance about him; then a grieved look came into his face and he murmured to himself, with a deep sigh, "Alack, it was but a dream, woe is me!
servant - serviteur, domestique, servante, checkserviteur
disposed - disposé; débarrasser
wait upon - attendre
slammed - claquée; claquer
noise - bruit, vacarme, brouhaha, boucan
grieved - en deuil; avoir du chagrin
Next he noticed Miles Hendon’s doublet-glanced from that to Hendon, comprehended the sacrifice that had been made for him, and said, gently-
noticed - remarqué; remarquer, notification, préavis, préavis, remarquer
comprehended - compris; comprendre, comprendre
sacrifice - sacrifier, sacrifice, offrande
"Thou art good to me, yes, thou art very good to me. Take it and put it on-I shall not need it more."
Then he got up and walked to the washstand in the corner and stood there, waiting. Hendon said in a cheery voice-
cheery - heureuse
"We’ll have a right hearty sup and bite, now, for everything is savoury and smoking hot, and that and thy nap together will make thee a little man again, never fear!"
hearty - cordial, copieux
sup - sup
bite - mordre, maintenir, garder, tomber dans le panneau, marcher
savoury - salé
little man - petit homme
The boy made no answer, but bent a steady look, that was filled with grave surprise, and also somewhat touched with impatience, upon the tall knight of the sword. Hendon was puzzled, and said-
Impatience - impatience
"What’s amiss?"
"Good sir, I would wash me."
"Oh, is that all? Ask no permission of Miles Hendon for aught thou cravest. Make thyself perfectly free here, and welcome, with all that are his belongings."
permission - autorisation; ; permission, permis
aught - rien
perfectly - parfaitement
Still the boy stood, and moved not; more, he tapped the floor once or twice with his small impatient foot. Hendon was wholly perplexed. Said he-
tapped - taraudé; petit coup
impatient - impatient
"Bless us, what is it?"
"Prithee pour the water, and make not so many words!"
pour - verser a boire, versons, verser, versez, versent
Hendon, suppressing a horse-laugh, and saying to himself, "By all the saints, but this is admirable!" stepped briskly forward and did the small insolent’s bidding; then stood by, in a sort of stupefaction, until the command, "Come-the towel!" woke him sharply up. He took up a towel, from under the boy’s nose, and handed it to him without comment. He now proceeded to comfort his own face with a wash, and while he was at it his adopted child seated himself at the table and prepared to fall to.
suppressing - supprimer; contenir, fr
Saints - les saints; Saint
admirable - admirable
briskly - rapidement; ; vivement
insolent - insolent
bidding - impératifs; (bid) impératifs
towel - serviette
sharply - brusquement
comment - commentaire; commentons, commentez, commentent, commentaire
adopted - adoptée; adopter, adopter
Hendon despatched his ablutions with alacrity, then drew back the other chair and was about to place himself at table, when the boy said, indignantly-
ablutions - ablutions; ablution
alacrity - alacrité, empressement, rapidité
indignantly - avec indignation
"Forbear! Wouldst sit in the presence of the King?"
forbear - s'abstenir
wouldst - serait
This blow staggered Hendon to his foundations. He muttered to himself, "Lo, the poor thing’s madness is up with the time! It hath changed with the great change that is come to the realm, and now in fancy is he king! Good lack, I must humour the conceit, too-there is no other way-faith, he would order me to the Tower, else!"
staggered - en décalé; tituber
foundations - des fondations; fondation, fondation, fondement, fondation
conceit - la vanité; ; vanité, orgueil, concept
And pleased with this jest, he removed the chair from the table, took his stand behind the King, and proceeded to wait upon him in the courtliest way he was capable of.
removed - supprimée; enlever
capable - capable
While the King ate, the rigour of his royal dignity relaxed a little, and with his growing contentment came a desire to talk. He said-"I think thou callest thyself Miles Hendon, if I heard thee aright?"
rigour - la rigueur; ; rigueur
royal dignity - la dignité royale
contentment - le contentement; ; contentement
callest - callest
"Yes, Sire," Miles replied; then observed to himself, "If I must humour the poor lad’s madness, I must ‘Sire’ him, I must ‘Majesty’ him, I must not go by halves, I must stick at nothing that belongeth to the part I play, else shall I play it ill and work evil to this charitable and kindly cause."
belongeth - appartient
charitable - charitable
The King warmed his heart with a second glass of wine, and said-"I would know thee-tell me thy story. Thou hast a gallant way with thee, and a noble-art nobly born?"
nobly - noblement
"We are of the tail of the nobility, good your Majesty. My father is a baronet-one of the smaller lords by knight service {2}-Sir Richard Hendon of Hendon Hall, by Monk’s Holm in Kent."
tail - queue; queue
nobility - la noblesse; ; noblesse
Richard - richard; Richard
monk - moine; religieux, moine
holm - holm
"The name has escaped my memory. Go on-tell me thy story."
"‘Tis not much, your Majesty, yet perchance it may beguile a short half-hour for want of a better. My father, Sir Richard, is very rich, and of a most generous nature. My mother died whilst I was yet a boy. I have two brothers: Arthur, my elder, with a soul like to his father’s; and Hugh, younger than I, a mean spirit, covetous, treacherous, vicious, underhanded-a reptile. Such was he from the cradle; such was he ten years past, when I last saw him-a ripe rascal at nineteen, I being twenty then, and Arthur twenty-two. There is none other of us but the Lady Edith, my cousin-she was sixteen then-beautiful, gentle, good, the daughter of an earl, the last of her race, heiress of a great fortune and a lapsed title. My father was her guardian. I loved her and she loved me; but she was betrothed to Arthur from the cradle, and Sir Richard would not suffer the contract to be broken. Arthur loved another maid, and bade us be of good cheer and hold fast to the hope that delay and luck together would some day give success to our several causes.
most generous - le plus généreux
covetous - convoiteux
treacherous - perfide
vicious - rench: t-needed r, vicieux
underhanded - sournois
reptile - reptile
ripe - mur; pruine, mur
race - course; course, race
heiress - héritiere; ; héritiere, successeuse, successrice
Fortune - la fortune; ; destin, bonne chance, fortune
lapsed - caduque; erreur, faute
guardian - gardien, tuteur, tutrice, curateur, curatrice
betrothed - fiancés; ; fiancé, fiancée; (betroth); fiancer
contract - contrat; contractez, contractent, contrat, contractons
be broken - etre brisé
maid - femme de ménage; ; demoiselle, jeune fille, bonne
bade - Bade
some day - un jour
causes - causes; cause, raison, cause, causer
Hugh loved the Lady Edith’s fortune, though in truth he said it was herself he loved-but then ‘twas his way, alway, to say the one thing and mean the other. But he lost his arts upon the girl; he could deceive my father, but none else. My father loved him best of us all, and trusted and believed him; for he was the youngest child, and others hated him-these qualities being in all ages sufficient to win a parent’s dearest love; and he had a smooth persuasive tongue, with an admirable gift of lying-and these be qualities which do mightily assist a blind affection to cozen itself. I was wild-in troth I might go yet farther and say very wild, though ‘twas a wildness of an innocent sort, since it hurt none but me, brought shame to none, nor loss, nor had in it any taint of crime or baseness, or what might not beseem mine honourable degree.
alway - toujours
deceive - tromper, leurrer, séduire
trusted - de confiance; confiance, trust, confiance, faire confiance
qualities - qualités; qualité, qualité, qualité
smooth - lisse, doux, facile, sophistiqué, naturel, souple, régulier
persuasive - persuasif, convaincant
gift - présent, cadeau, don, talent, donner
lying - gisant, sis, mentant; (lie) gisant, sis, mentant
mightily - puissamment
blind - aveugle, mal-voyant, mal-voyante, store, blind, aveugler
wildness - la sauvagerie; ; sauvagerie
innocent - innocent
baseness - la bassesse
honourable - honorable
"Yet did my brother Hugh turn these faults to good account-he seeing that our brother Arthur’s health was but indifferent, and hoping the worst might work him profit were I swept out of the path-so-but ‘twere a long tale, good my liege, and little worth the telling.
faults - défauts; défaut, faute, faute, faille, faute
account - compte; supputation, demande, compte
indifferent - indifférent
profit - profit, gain, bénéfice, servir, profiter
path - chemin; sentier
Briefly, then, this brother did deftly magnify my faults and make them crimes; ending his base work with finding a silken ladder in mine apartments-conveyed thither by his own means-and did convince my father by this, and suborned evidence of servants and other lying knaves, that I was minded to carry off my Edith and marry with her in rank defiance of his will.
briefly - brievement; ; brievement, concisément
deftly - habilement
magnify - agrandir
crimes - crimes; délit(max 10 years imprisonment according to law) crime (15 years and more) (nothing strictly between 10 and 15)
ladder - l'échelle; ; échelle
conveyed - transmis; transporter, véhiculer, communiquer
convince - convaincre, persuader
evidence - des preuves; ; preuve, prouver, démontrer
knaves - des chevaliers; page, voyou, fourbe, valet
carry off - emporter
"Three years of banishment from home and England might make a soldier and a man of me, my father said, and teach me some degree of wisdom. I fought out my long probation in the continental wars, tasting sumptuously of hard knocks, privation, and adventure; but in my last battle I was taken captive, and during the seven years that have waxed and waned since then, a foreign dungeon hath harboured me.
banishment - le bannissement; ; bannissement
fought out - se sont disputés
probation - probation; ; période d'essai, liberté conditionnelle
Continental - continental
wars - guerres; guerre, bataille, entrer en guerre, tfaire la guerre
tasting - la dégustation; goutant; (taste); gout, saveur, avant-gout
sumptuously - somptueusement
knocks - coups; coup, frapper
privation - privation
adventure - l'aventure; aventure
battle - bataille; bataille, combat
waxed - ciré; cire
waned - s'est terni; décroître
harboured - hébergé; port
Through wit and courage I won to the free air at last, and fled hither straight; and am but just arrived, right poor in purse and raiment, and poorer still in knowledge of what these dull seven years have wrought at Hendon Hall, its people and belongings. So please you, sir, my meagre tale is told."
courage - bravoure, courage, cour, vaillance
purse - sac a main; ; bourse, portemonnaie, portefeuille, sac a main
meagre - maigre; maigre
"Thou hast been shamefully abused!" said the little King, with a flashing eye. "But I will right thee-by the cross will I! The King hath said it."
shamefully - honteusement
abused - abusé; abuser (de)
Then, fired by the story of Miles’s wrongs, he loosed his tongue and poured the history of his own recent misfortunes into the ears of his astonished listener. When he had finished, Miles said to himself-
loosed - desserré; ample, desserré
misfortunes - malheurs; malchance, mésaventure, malheur
listener - l'auditeur; ; auditeur, auditrice, écouteur, écouteuse
The King spoke-in a thoughtful, measured voice-
"Thou didst save me injury and shame, perchance my life, and so my crown. Such service demandeth rich reward. Name thy desire, and so it be within the compass of my royal power, it is thine."
demandeth - demande
compass - boussole; compas, boussole
This fantastic suggestion startled Hendon out of his reverie. He was about to thank the King and put the matter aside with saying he had only done his duty and desired no reward, but a wiser thought came into his head, and he asked leave to be silent a few moments and consider the gracious offer-an idea which the King gravely approved, remarking that it was best to be not too hasty with a thing of such great import.
reverie - reverie; reverie
wiser - plus sage; sage
approved - approuvée; approuver
remarking - remarque; remarque
hasty - hâtive; ; hâtif
import - l'importation; implanter, importons, importent, importez
Miles reflected during some moments, then said to himself, "Yes, that is the thing to do-by any other means it were impossible to get at it-and certes, this hour’s experience has taught me ‘twould be most wearing and inconvenient to continue it as it is. Yes, I will propose it; ‘twas a happy accident that I did not throw the chance away." Then he dropped upon one knee and said-
reflected - réfléchie; refléter, réfléchir, refléter, réfléchir, refléter
impossible - impossible, insupportable
Experience - expérience, éprouver, vivre
inconvenient - genant
continue - continuer
"My poor service went not beyond the limit of a subject’s simple duty, and therefore hath no merit; but since your Majesty is pleased to hold it worthy some reward, I take heart of grace to make petition to this effect. Near four hundred years ago, as your grace knoweth, there being ill blood betwixt John, King of England, and the King of France, it was decreed that two champions should fight together in the lists, and so settle the dispute by what is called the arbitrament of God. These two kings, and the Spanish king, being assembled to witness and judge the conflict, the French champion appeared; but so redoubtable was he, that our English knights refused to measure weapons with him. So the matter, which was a weighty one, was like to go against the English monarch by default. Now in the Tower lay the Lord de Courcy, the mightiest arm in England, stripped of his honours and possessions, and wasting with long captivity. Appeal was made to him; he gave assent, and came forth arrayed for battle; but no sooner did the Frenchman glimpse his huge frame and hear his famous name but he fled away, and the French king’s cause was lost. King John restored De Courcy’s titles and possessions, and said, ‘Name thy wish and thou shalt have it, though it cost me half my kingdom;’ whereat De Courcy, kneeling, as I do now, made answer, ‘This, then, I ask, my liege; that I and my successors may have and hold the privilege of remaining covered in the presence of the kings of England, henceforth while the throne shall last.
limit - limite; circonscrivez, limitons, circonscrivons, limitez
merit - mérite, mériter
take heart - avoir du cour
petition - pétition, pétition, pétitionner
four hundred - quatre cents
betwixt - entre les deux; ; entre
France - la france; France, France
decreed - décrété; décret, ordonnance, décréter
champions - champions; champion, championne, championner
settle - régler; décréter
dispute - dispute, litige, discuter, argumenter, évaluer, contester
arbitrament - l'arbitrage
assembled - assemblés; assembler, rassembler, rassembler
witness - témoin
judge - juge; juge, juger
conflict - conflit, incompatibilité
redoubtable - redoutable
measure - mesure, mesure, mesurer
weapons - des armes; arme
monarch - monarque
default - par défaut; ; défaut, rench: t-needed r
mightiest - le plus puissant; puissant
stripped - dépouillé; enlever
possessions - possessions; bien, possession, propriété, possessions-p
wasting - le gaspillage; (wast) le gaspillage
appeal - appel; manifeste, vocation, pourvoi
Frenchman - Français
whereat - pourquoi; ; a quoi
successors - successeurs; successeur, successeuse, successrice, successeur
remaining - restant; reste, rester, demeurer, rester
The boon was granted, as your Majesty knoweth; and there hath been no time, these four hundred years, that that line has failed of an heir; and so, even unto this day, the head of that ancient house still weareth his hat or helm before the King’s Majesty, without let or hindrance, and this none other may do. {3} Invoking this precedent in aid of my prayer, I beseech the King to grant to me but this one grace and privilege-to my more than sufficient reward-and none other, to wit: that I and my heirs, for ever, may sit in the presence of the Majesty of England!"
boon - boon; aubaine
granted - accordée; accorder, admettre
weareth - porte
helm - barre; gouvernail, timon
hindrance - entrave, obstacle
Invoking - invoquer; invoquer, invoquer, invoquer
precedent - précédent, décision de principe
aid - l'aide; aider, aide, assister, secourir
beseech - prier, implorer, supplier
grant to - de la subvention
heirs - héritiers; héritier, héritiere, successeur, successeuse
"Rise, Sir Miles Hendon, Knight," said the King, gravely-giving the accolade with Hendon’s sword-"rise, and seat thyself. Thy petition is granted. Whilst England remains, and the crown continues, the privilege shall not lapse."
continues - continue; continuer, continuer
His Majesty walked apart, musing, and Hendon dropped into a chair at table, observing to himself, "‘Twas a brave thought, and hath wrought me a mighty deliverance; my legs are grievously wearied. An I had not thought of that, I must have had to stand for weeks, till my poor lad’s wits are cured." After a little, he went on, "And so I am become a knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows! A most odd and strange position, truly, for one so matter-of-fact as I.
deliverance - la délivrance; ; délivrance
cured - guérie; clébard, corniaud, roquet, clebs, chien, roquet
shadows - ombres; ombre, ombre, prendre en filature, t+filer
position - position, poste
I will not laugh-no, God forbid, for this thing which is so substanceless to me is real to him. And to me, also, in one way, it is not a falsity, for it reflects with truth the sweet and generous spirit that is in him." After a pause: "Ah, what if he should call me by my fine title before folk!-there’d be a merry contrast betwixt my glory and my raiment! But no matter, let him call me what he will, so it please him; I shall be content."
substanceless - sans substance
reflects - réfléchit; refléter, réfléchir, refléter, réfléchir, refléter
contrast - contraste, contraster
A heavy drowsiness presently fell upon the two comrades. The King said-
drowsiness - somnolence, assoupissement, torpeur
"Remove these rags."-meaning his clothing.
remove - supprimer; ; enlever
Hendon disapparelled the boy without dissent or remark, tucked him up in bed, then glanced about the room, saying to himself, ruefully, "He hath taken my bed again, as before-marry, what shall I do?" The little King observed his perplexity, and dissipated it with a word. He said, sleepily-
disapparelled - désapprouvé
dissent - dissidence
tucked - tucked; rempli
ruefully - avec dépit
perplexity - perplexité
dissipated - dissipée; dissiper
sleepily - en dormant
"Thou wilt sleep athwart the door, and guard it." In a moment more he was out of his troubles, in a deep slumber.
athwart - l'athmosphere; ; a travers, d'un coté a l'autre
slumber - sommeil; ; somnolence, somnoler
"Dear heart, he should have been born a king!" muttered Hendon, admiringly; "he playeth the part to a marvel."
admiringly - avec admiration
playeth - jouer
Then he stretched himself across the door, on the floor, saying contentedly-
contentedly - avec satisfaction
"I have lodged worse for seven years; ‘twould be but ill gratitude to Him above to find fault with this."
lodged - déposé; cabane, maison du portier, loge, rench: -neededr, loger
gratitude - la gratitude; ; gratitude
find fault with - trouver a redire
He dropped asleep as the dawn appeared. Toward noon he rose, uncovered his unconscious ward-a section at a time-and took his measure with a string. The King awoke, just as he had completed his work, complained of the cold, and asked what he was doing.
dawn - l'aube; ; se lever, naître, aube, lever du soleil, aurore
noon - midi; midi
string - corde, suite, série, chaîne de caracteres, cordes, cannabis
complained - s'est plaint; se plaindre, porter plainte
"‘Tis done, now, my liege," said Hendon; "I have a bit of business outside, but will presently return; sleep thou again-thou needest it. There-let me cover thy head also-thou’lt be warm the sooner."
bit - bit; mordis, mordit, mordîmes, mordirent, bit; (bite); mordre
needest - besoin
cover - couverture
The King was back in dreamland before this speech was ended. Miles slipped softly out, and slipped as softly in again, in the course of thirty or forty minutes, with a complete second-hand suit of boy’s clothing, of cheap material, and showing signs of wear; but tidy, and suited to the season of the year. He seated himself, and began to overhaul his purchase, mumbling to himself-
dreamland - le pays des reves; ; pays de reve, pays imaginaire
second-hand - (second-hand) de seconde main
signs - des signes; signe
tidy - bien rangé; ; ordonné
suited - adapté; complet, costume, tailleur, combinaison, costard
season - saison; saison
overhaul - révision, remise a neuf, rénover
purchase - l'achat; ; achat, acquisition, acheter, acquérir
"A longer purse would have got a better sort, but when one has not the long purse one must be content with what a short one may do-
content with - dont vous etes satisfait
"‘There was a woman in our town,
In our town did dwell-’
"He stirred, methinks-I must sing in a less thunderous key; ‘tis not good to mar his sleep, with this journey before him, and he so wearied out, poor chap . . . This garment-‘tis well enough-a stitch here and another one there will set it aright. This other is better, albeit a stitch or two will not come amiss in it, likewise . . . These be very good and sound, and will keep his small feet warm and dry-an odd new thing to him, belike, since he has doubtless been used to foot it bare, winters and summers the same .
thunderous - tonitruant
chap - chap; fissure
stitch - point de suture; point, maille
dry - sec, anhydre, sécher, tfaire sécher
. . Would thread were bread, seeing one getteth a year’s sufficiency for a farthing, and such a brave big needle without cost, for mere love. Now shall I have the demon’s own time to thread it!"
thread - fil, processus léger, exétron, fil de discussion, filer
getteth - getteth
sufficiency - suffisance
needle - aiguille, saphir, coudre, taquiner, monter
demon - démon, diable
And so he had. He did as men have always done, and probably always will do, to the end of time-held the needle still, and tried to thrust the thread through the eye, which is the opposite of a woman’s way.
Time and time again the thread missed the mark, going sometimes on one side of the needle, sometimes on the other, sometimes doubling up against the shaft; but he was patient, having been through these experiences before, when he was soldiering. He succeeded at last, and took up the garment that had lain waiting, meantime, across his lap, and began his work.
missed the mark - a manqué la cible
doubling - doublement; doublant; (double); double, double, sosie, doublon
experiences - expériences; expérience, expérience, expérience, expérience
soldiering - le soldat; (soldier); soldat, mouillette
succeeded - a réussi; succéder, réussir, avoir du succes
lain - lain; mensonge
lap - tour; clapoter
"The inn is paid-the breakfast that is to come, included-and there is wherewithal left to buy a couple of donkeys and meet our little costs for the two or three days betwixt this and the plenty that awaits us at Hendon Hall-
wherewithal - des moyens; ; moyens
donkeys - des ânes; âne, âne
awaits - attend; attendre, s'attendre a, servir, guetter, attendre
"‘She loved her hus-’
"Body o’ me! I have driven the needle under my nail! . . . It matters little-‘tis not a novelty-yet ‘tis not a convenience, neither. . . . We shall be merry there, little one, never doubt it! Thy troubles will vanish there, and likewise thy sad distemper-
nail - clou; clou, ongle, enclouer, clouer, caboche
It matters - C'est important
novelty - nouveauté
convenience - la commodité; ; convenance, commodité, avantage, commodités
little one - petit
vanish - disparaître, s'évanouir, s'annuler
"‘She loved her husband dearilee,
dearilee - dearilee
But another man-’
"These be noble large stitches!"-holding the garment up and viewing it admiringly-"they have a grandeur and a majesty that do cause these small stingy ones of the tailor-man to look mightily paltry and plebeian-
stitches - points de suture; point, maille
holding - en attente; ; possession; (hold) en attente; ; possession
viewing - de visionnage; (view); vue, vue, vision, regard, point de vue
stingy - avare; avare
tailor - tailleur, tailleuse, adapter
paltry - dérisoire, misérable
"‘She loved her husband dearilee,
But another man he loved she,-’
"Marry, ‘tis done-a goodly piece of work, too, and wrought with expedition. Now will I wake him, apparel him, pour for him, feed him, and then will we hie us to the mart by the Tabard Inn in Southwark and-be pleased to rise, my liege!-he answereth not-what ho, my liege!-of a truth must I profane his sacred person with a touch, sith his slumber is deaf to speech. What!"
expedition - expédition
mart - mart; marché
answereth - répond-il
profane - impur, profane, sale, sacrilege, profaner
deaf - sourd, les sourds
He threw back the covers-the boy was gone!
threw - jeté; jeter, lancer
covers - couvertures; couvercle, couverture, couverture, couvert
He stared about him in speechless astonishment for a moment; noticed for the first time that his ward’s ragged raiment was also missing; then he began to rage and storm and shout for the innkeeper. At that moment a servant entered with the breakfast.
speechless - sans voix
astonishment - l'étonnement; ; étonnement
innkeeper - l'aubergiste; ; tavernier, hôtelier, aubergiste
"Explain, thou limb of Satan, or thy time is come!" roared the man of war, and made so savage a spring toward the waiter that this latter could not find his tongue, for the instant, for fright and surprise. "Where is the boy?"
limb - membre; membre
Satan - Satan
war - guerre, bataille, entrer en guerre, tfaire la guerre
savage - barbare, féroce, sauvage
In disjointed and trembling syllables the man gave the information desired.
syllables - syllabes; syllabe
"You were hardly gone from the place, your worship, when a youth came running and said it was your worship’s will that the boy come to you straight, at the bridge-end on the Southwark side.
I brought him hither; and when he woke the lad and gave his message, the lad did grumble some little for being disturbed ‘so early,’ as he called it, but straightway trussed on his rags and went with the youth, only saying it had been better manners that your worship came yourself, not sent a stranger-and so-"
grumble - grondement, gargouillement, grognement, gronder, gargouiller
trussed - en treillis; bandage herniaire, treillis, structure triangulée
"And so thou’rt a fool!-a fool and easily cozened-hang all thy breed! Yet mayhap no hurt is done. Possibly no harm is meant the boy. I will go fetch him. Make the table ready. Stay! the coverings of the bed were disposed as if one lay beneath them-happened that by accident?"
breed - se reproduire, engendrer, élever, race
Possibly - peut-etre; ; possiblement, peut-etre
by accident - par accident
"I know not, good your worship. I saw the youth meddle with them-he that came for the boy."
"Thousand deaths! ’Twas done to deceive me-‘tis plain ‘twas done to gain time. Hark ye! Was that youth alone?"
deaths - déces; mort, déces, camarde, la mort, l'arcane sans nom
plain - simple; unie, net, plaine
gain - gain; gagner, produit
"all alone, your worship."
all alone - tout seul
"Art sure?"
"Sure, your worship."
"Collect thy scattered wits-bethink thee-take time, man."
collect - collecter; recueillir, recuellir, recueillez, encaisser
bethink - penser
After a moment’s thought, the servant said-
"When he came, none came with him; but now I remember me that as the two stepped into the throng of the Bridge, a ruffian-looking man plunged out from some near place; and just as he was joining them-"
plunged - plongé; plonger
"What then?-out with it!" thundered the impatient Hendon, interrupting.
thundered - tonné; tonnerre, tonner, tonitruer, tonitruer
interrupting - interrompre; interrompre, couper
"Just then the crowd lapped them up and closed them in, and I saw no more, being called by my master, who was in a rage because a joint that the scrivener had ordered was forgot, though I take all the saints to witness that to blame me for that miscarriage were like holding the unborn babe to judgment for sins com-"
joint - conjoint, commun, articulation, rotule, jointure, assemblage
scrivener - scrivener; ; scribe, écrivain public
witness - témoignage, témoin, preuve, témoigner
blame - blâme; blâme, gronder, blâment, blâmons, blâmez, blâmer
miscarriage - fausse couche
unborn - a naître; ; (unbear) a naître
"Out of my sight, idiot! Thy prating drives me mad! Hold! Whither art flying? Canst not bide still an instant? Went they toward Southwark?"
idiot - idiot, idiote
prating - prating; (prat) prating
"Even so, your worship-for, as I said before, as to that detestable joint, the babe unborn is no whit more blameless than-"
detestable - détestable
whit - whit
more blameless - plus irréprochable
"Art here yet! And prating still! Vanish, lest I throttle thee!" The servitor vanished. Hendon followed after him, passed him, and plunged down the stairs two steps at a stride, muttering, "‘Tis that scurvy villain that claimed he was his son. I have lost thee, my poor little mad master-it is a bitter thought-and I had come to love thee so! No! by book and bell, not lost! Not lost, for I will ransack the land till I find thee again. Poor child, yonder is his breakfast-and mine, but I have no hunger now; so, let the rats have it-speed, speed!
throttle - l'accélérateur; mettre au ralenti
stride - foulée; marcher a grands pas
villain - scélérat, méchant, vilain, paysan
ransack - mettre a sac, saccager, fouiller
yonder - la-bas; ; la-bas
that is the word!" As he wormed his swift way through the noisy multitudes upon the Bridge he several times said to himself-clinging to the thought as if it were a particularly pleasing one-"He grumbled, but he went-he went, yes, because he thought Miles Hendon asked it, sweet lad-he would ne’er have done it for another, I know it well."
wormed - vermifugé; ver, vermine, scarabée, ver, vis sans fin, dragon
multitudes - multitudes; multitude, multitude
clinging - s'accrocher; s''accrocher (a)
er - er; euh
ne - NE
grumbled - grommelé; grondement, gargouillement, grondement, grognement
Chapter XIV. ‘Le Roi est mort-vive le Roi.’
le - LE
est - est; ; HNE, STA
mort - mort
vive - vive
Toward daylight of the same morning, Tom Canty stirred out of a heavy sleep and opened his eyes in the dark. He lay silent a few moments, trying to analyse his confused thoughts and impressions, and get some sort of meaning out of them; then suddenly he burst out in a rapturous but guarded voice-
daylight - la lumiere du jour; ; jour, lumiere du jour
analyse - analyser
impressions - impressions; impression
rapturous - ravie
guarded - gardé; garde, garde, garde, protection, gardien, arriere
"I see it all, I see it all! Now God be thanked, I am indeed awake at last! Come, joy! vanish, sorrow! Ho, Nan! Bet! kick off your straw and hie ye hither to my side, till I do pour into your unbelieving ears the wildest madcap dream that ever the spirits of night did conjure up to astonish the soul of man withal! . . . Ho, Nan, I say! Bet!"
kick off - le coup d'envoi
madcap - fou
conjure up - faire apparaître
astonish - étonner, surprendre
A dim form appeared at his side, and a voice said-
"Wilt deign to deliver thy commands?"
deign - deign; ; daigner, condescendre
deliver - accoucher, livrer, remettre
"Commands? . . . O, woe is me, I know thy voice! Speak thou-who am I?"
"Thou? In sooth, yesternight wert thou the Prince of Wales; to-day art thou my most gracious liege, Edward, King of England."
yesternight - hier soir
most gracious - le plus gracieux
Tom buried his head among his pillows, murmuring plaintively-
plaintively - plaintivement
"Alack, it was no dream! Go to thy rest, sweet sir-leave me to my sorrows."
Tom slept again, and after a time he had this pleasant dream. He thought it was summer, and he was playing, all alone, in the fair meadow called Goodman’s Fields, when a dwarf only a foot high, with long red whiskers and a humped back, appeared to him suddenly and said, "Dig by that stump." He did so, and found twelve bright new pennies-wonderful riches! Yet this was not the best of it; for the dwarf said-
fair - équitable; blond, exposition, foire, marché, kermesse, juste
meadow - prairie; ; pré
fields - champs; champ, t+campo, champ, terrain, champ, champ, corps
dwarf - nain, naine
humped - bosselé; bosse, bosse, bosse, sauterie, cafard, arrondir
dig - creuser; creusez, creusons, creusent, creuser
stump - souche, moignon, estompe
bright - lumineux; éclatant, lumineux, clair
"I know thee. Thou art a good lad, and a deserving; thy distresses shall end, for the day of thy reward is come. Dig here every seventh day, and thou shalt find always the same treasure, twelve bright new pennies. Tell none-keep the secret."
distresses - des détresses; détresse, détresse, détresse
seventh - septieme; ; septieme (''before the noun''); (''in names of monarchs and popes'') sept (''after the name'') (''abbreviation'' VII)
treasure - trésor, garder précieusement
secret - secret
Then the dwarf vanished, and Tom flew to Offal Court with his prize, saying to himself, "Every night will I give my father a penny; he will think I begged it, it will glad his heart, and I shall no more be beaten. One penny every week the good priest that teacheth me shall have; mother, Nan, and Bet the other four. We be done with hunger and rags, now, done with fears and frets and savage usage."
penny - penny
teacheth - enseigne
frets - frettes; (se) tracasser (pour)
In his dream he reached his sordid home all out of breath, but with eyes dancing with grateful enthusiasm; cast four of his pennies into his mother’s lap and cried out-
enthusiasm - l'enthousiasme; ; enthousiasme, passion
"They are for thee!-all of them, every one!-for thee and Nan and Bet-and honestly come by, not begged nor stolen!"
honestly - honnetement; ; honnetement, franchement
stolen - volé; voler, vol
The happy and astonished mother strained him to her breast and exclaimed-
"It waxeth late-may it please your Majesty to rise?"
waxeth - cire
Ah! that was not the answer he was expecting. The dream had snapped asunder-he was awake.
snapped - cassé; claquer, claquement de doigts, photographie, photo
asunder - de l'homme, de la femme et de l'enfant
He opened his eyes-the richly clad First Lord of the Bedchamber was kneeling by his couch. The gladness of the lying dream faded away-the poor boy recognised that he was still a captive and a king. The room was filled with courtiers clothed in purple mantles-the mourning colour-and with noble servants of the monarch. Tom sat up in bed and gazed out from the heavy silken curtains upon this fine company.
bedchamber - chambre a coucher
gladness - la joie; ; allégresse
curtains - rideaux; rideau, rideau
The weighty business of dressing began, and one courtier after another knelt and paid his court and offered to the little King his condolences upon his heavy loss, whilst the dressing proceeded. In the beginning, a shirt was taken up by the Chief Equerry in Waiting, who passed it to the First Lord of the Buckhounds, who passed it to the Second Gentleman of the Bedchamber, who passed it to the Head Ranger of Windsor Forest, who passed it to the Third Groom of the Stole, who passed it to the Chancellor Royal of the Duchy of Lancaster, who passed it to the Master of the Wardrobe, who passed it to Norroy King-at-Arms, who passed it to the Constable of the Tower, who passed it to the Chief Steward of the Household, who passed it to the Hereditary Grand Diaperer, who passed it to the Lord High Admiral of England, who passed it to the Archbishop of Canterbury, who passed it to the First Lord of the Bedchamber, who took what was left of it and put it on Tom.
condolences - condoléances; réconfort, condoléances-p
taken up - pris en charge
Equerry - equerry; ; écuyer
Ranger - Ranger
Duchy - duché
wardrobe - garde-robe, armoire
constable - gendarme; ; constable, connétable
archbishop - archeveque; ; archeveque
Canterbury - canterbury; Cantorbéry
Poor little wondering chap, it reminded him of passing buckets at a fire.
reminded - rappelée; rappeler
buckets - seaux; seau, qualifier
Each garment in its turn had to go through this slow and solemn process; consequently Tom grew very weary of the ceremony; so weary that he felt an almost gushing gratefulness when he at last saw his long silken hose begin the journey down the line and knew that the end of the matter was drawing near. But he exulted too soon. The First Lord of the Bedchamber received the hose and was about to encase Tom’s legs in them, when a sudden flush invaded his face and he hurriedly hustled the things back into the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury with an astounded look and a whispered, "See, my lord!" pointing to a something connected with the hose. The Archbishop paled, then flushed, and passed the hose to the Lord High Admiral, whispering, "See, my lord!" The Admiral passed the hose to the Hereditary Grand Diaperer, and had hardly breath enough in his body to ejaculate, "See, my lord!
process - processus; procédé, processus
consequently - en conséquence
weary - fatigué; ; las, lasser
gushing - des jaillissements; jaillissement, jaillir
gratefulness - la reconnaissance; ; reconnaissance
exulted - exulté; exulter
invaded - envahi; envahir, envahir, envahir
astounded - stupéfait; étonner, stupéfier, ébahir, épater
connected - connecté; accoupler, connecter, brancher
paled - pâli; pâle
ejaculate - éjaculer, éjaculat
The hose drifted backward along the line, to the Chief Steward of the Household, the Constable of the Tower, Norroy King-at-Arms, the Master of the Wardrobe, the Chancellor Royal of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Third Groom of the Stole, the Head Ranger of Windsor Forest, the Second Gentleman of the Bedchamber, the First Lord of the Buckhounds,-accompanied always with that amazed and frightened "See! see!"-till they finally reached the hands of the Chief Equerry in Waiting, who gazed a moment, with a pallid face, upon what had caused all this dismay, then hoarsely whispered, "Body of my life, a tag gone from a truss-point!-to the Tower with the Head Keeper of the King’s Hose!"-after which he leaned upon the shoulder of the First Lord of the Buckhounds to regather his vanished strength whilst fresh hose, without any damaged strings to them, were brought.
accompanied - accompagné; accompagner, accompagner
amazed - stupéfait; stupéfier
pallid - pâle, blafard
caused - causée; cause, raison, cause, causer
tag - tag; étiquette, écriteau
truss - truss; ; bandage herniaire, treillis, structure triangulée
leaned - penché; pencher
regather - régénérer
fresh - frais; frais
strings - cordes; corde, corde, suite, série, chaîne de caracteres, corde
After breakfast he was conducted, with regal ceremony, attended by his great officers and his guard of fifty Gentlemen Pensioners bearing gilt battle-axes, to the throne-room, where he proceeded to transact business of state. His ‘uncle,’ Lord Hertford, took his stand by the throne, to assist the royal mind with wise counsel.
officers - des agents; fonctionnaire, officier, fonctionnaire, officier
axes - axes; hache
transact - transiger; traiter
The body of illustrious men named by the late King as his executors appeared, to ask Tom’s approval of certain acts of theirs-rather a form, and yet not wholly a form, since there was no Protector as yet. The Archbishop of Canterbury made report of the decree of the Council of Executors concerning the obsequies of his late most illustrious Majesty, and finished by reading the signatures of the Executors, to wit: the Archbishop of Canterbury; the Lord Chancellor of England; William Lord St.
executors - les exécuteurs testamentaires; exécuteur, exécutrice, exécuteur
approval - agrément, approbation
acts - actes; acte, acte, loi, acte, action, acte, acte, acte, agir
protector - protecteur, guardien
as yet - a ce jour
decree - décret, ordonnance, décréter
signatures - signatures; signature, signature, signature, signature
John; John Lord Russell; Edward Earl of Hertford; John Viscount Lisle; Cuthbert Bishop of Durham-
Viscount - vicomte
Lisle - lisle
Tom was not listening-an earlier clause of the document was puzzling him. At this point he turned and whispered to Lord Hertford-
clause - proposition, clause
document - document, écrit, documenter
"What day did he say the burial hath been appointed for?"
burial - l'enterrement; ; enterrement, inhumation, sépulture
appointed - nommés; fixer, gloss
"The sixteenth of the coming month, my liege."
"‘Tis a strange folly. Will he keep?"
Poor chap, he was still new to the customs of royalty; he was used to seeing the forlorn dead of Offal Court hustled out of the way with a very different sort of expedition. However, the Lord Hertford set his mind at rest with a word or two.
A secretary of state presented an order of the Council appointing the morrow at eleven for the reception of the foreign ambassadors, and desired the King’s assent.
secretary - secrétaire, messager serpentaire
reception - réception, accueil
ambassadors - ambassadeurs; ambassadeur, ambassadrice, ambassadeur
Tom turned an inquiring look toward Hertford, who whispered-
"Your Majesty will signify consent. They come to testify their royal masters’ sense of the heavy calamity which hath visited your Grace and the realm of England."
signify - signifier
consent - consentir, approuver, agréer, consentement, approbation
testify - témoigner, attester
masters - maîtres; maître/-tresse
sense - sens, acception, sentir
calamity - calamité
Tom did as he was bidden. Another secretary began to read a preamble concerning the expenses of the late King’s household, which had amounted to 28,000 pounds during the preceding six months-a sum so vast that it made Tom Canty gasp; he gasped again when the fact appeared that 20,000 pounds of this money was still owing and unpaid; {4} and once more when it appeared that the King’s coffers were about empty, and his twelve hundred servants much embarrassed for lack of the wages due them.
bidden - interdites; faire une enchere (de)
preamble - préambule
expenses - dépenses; dépense
amounted to - s'est élevé a
preceding - précédent; précéder, précéder
sum - somme; somme
gasped - haletant; retenir son souffle, haleter, ahaner, haletement
owing - owing; devoir, devoir
coffers - les caisses de l'état; coffre, caisson
wages - les salaires; s''engager dans
Tom spoke out, with lively apprehension-
"We be going to the dogs, ‘tis plain. ’Tis meet and necessary that we take a smaller house and set the servants at large, sith they be of no value but to make delay, and trouble one with offices that harass the spirit and shame the soul, they misbecoming any but a doll, that hath nor brains nor hands to help itself withal. I remember me of a small house that standeth over against the fish-market, by Billingsgate-"
necessary - nécessaire
value - valeur, valeur, évaluer, valoriser
harass - harceler
brains - cerveau; cerveau, qualifierejorative or when used as food
small house - petite maison
A sharp pressure upon Tom’s arm stopped his foolish tongue and sent a blush to his face; but no countenance there betrayed any sign that this strange speech had been remarked or given concern.
pressure - pression
remarked - remarqué; remarque
The dull work went tediously on. Petitions were read, and proclamations, patents, and all manner of wordy, repetitious, and wearisome papers relating to the public business; and at last Tom sighed pathetically and murmured to himself, "In what have I offended, that the good God should take me away from the fields and the free air and the sunshine, to shut me up here and make me a king and afflict me so?
tediously - fastidieusement
petitions - pétitions; pétition, pétition, pétitionner
proclamations - proclamations; proclamation
patents - brevets; brevet (d''invention) (noun), breveté (adjective)
wordy - verbeux
repetitious - répétitif
relating - en relation; raconter, relater
public - public, public
sighed - soupiré; soupirer
pathetically - pathétiquement
sunshine - soleil, lumiere du soleil
Then his poor muddled head nodded a while and presently drooped to his shoulder; and the business of the empire came to a standstill for want of that august factor, the ratifying power. Silence ensued around the slumbering child, and the sages of the realm ceased from their deliberations.
muddled - embrouillé; confondre, mélanger, embrouiller, rendre confus
nodded - hoché la tete; dodeliner, hocher, dodeliner, hochement
drooped - s'est affaissée; tomber, s'affaisser, bec
Empire - l'empire; ; empire, empire
standstill - l'arret; ; arret, immobilisation, paralysie, surplace
factor - facteur, factoriser
ratifying - ratifier; ratifier
ensued - s'ensuivit; résulter, découler
sages - sages; sauge
During the forenoon, Tom had an enjoyable hour, by permission of his keepers, Hertford and St. John, with the Lady Elizabeth and the little Lady Jane Grey; though the spirits of the princesses were rather subdued by the mighty stroke that had fallen upon the royal house; and at the end of the visit his ‘elder sister’-afterwards the ‘Bloody Mary’ of history-chilled him with a solemn interview which had but one merit in his eyes, its brevity. He had a few moments to himself, and then a slim lad of about twelve years of age was admitted to his presence, whose clothing, except his snowy ruff and the laces about his wrists, was of black,-doublet, hose, and all.
enjoyable - agréable
subdued - atténué; soumettre, subjuguer, assujettir
stroke - accident vasculaire cérébral; caresser
royal house - la maison royale
bloody - sanglante
chilled - réfrigéré; froid
brevity - la brieveté; ; concision, brieveté, laconisme
slim - mince, svelte, maigrir, mincir
admitted - admis; admettre, admettre, avouer, reconnaître, admettre
snowy - enneigée; ; neigeux
laces - lacets; lacet
wrists - poignets; poignet
He bore no badge of mourning but a knot of purple ribbon on his shoulder. He advanced hesitatingly, with head bowed and bare, and dropped upon one knee in front of Tom. Tom sat still and contemplated him soberly a moment. Then he said-
badge - badge; ; plaque, insigne, décoration, macaron, porte-nom
knot - noud; nodale, noeud
ribbon - ruban
advanced - avancé; élever, avancer, avancer, avancée, progression, progres
hesitatingly - avec hésitation
soberly - prosaique
"Rise, lad. Who art thou. What wouldst have?"
The boy rose, and stood at graceful ease, but with an aspect of concern in his face. He said-
graceful - gracieux
"Of a surety thou must remember me, my lord. I am thy whipping-boy."
surety - cautionnement, caution
"My whipping-boy?"
"The same, your Grace. I am Humphrey-Humphrey Marlow."
Tom perceived that here was someone whom his keepers ought to have posted him about. The situation was delicate. What should he do?-pretend he knew this lad, and then betray by his every utterance that he had never heard of him before? No, that would not do. An idea came to his relief: accidents like this might be likely to happen with some frequency, now that business urgencies would often call Hertford and St.
pretend - prétendre, prétendre a, feindre, faire semblant
accidents - accidents; accident, accident
Likely - probable
frequency - fréquence
urgencies - les urgences; urgence
John from his side, they being members of the Council of Executors; therefore perhaps it would be well to strike out a plan himself to meet the requirements of such emergencies. Yes, that would be a wise course-he would practise on this boy, and see what sort of success he might achieve. So he stroked his brow perplexedly a moment or two, and presently said-
Perhaps - peut-etre; ; peut-etre, possiblement
strike out - faire un strike out
requirements - exigences; exigence, besoin, demande, contrainte, exigence
emergencies - les urgences; urgence, crise, urgences-p
practise on - s'exercer
achieve - atteindre; ; accomplir, réaliser
brow - sourcils; ; andouiller d'oil, maître andouiller
perplexedly - avec perplexité
"Now I seem to remember thee somewhat-but my wit is clogged and dim with suffering-"
clogged - bouché; sabot, bouchon, boucher
"Alack, my poor master!" ejaculated the whipping-boy, with feeling; adding, to himself, "In truth ‘tis as they said-his mind is gone-alas, poor soul! But misfortune catch me, how am I forgetting! They said one must not seem to observe that aught is wrong with him."
ejaculated - éjaculé; éjaculer, éjaculat
misfortune - malchance, mésaventure, malheur
"‘Tis strange how my memory doth wanton with me these days," said Tom. "But mind it not-I mend apace-a little clue doth often serve to bring me back again the things and names which had escaped me. (And not they, only, forsooth, but e’en such as I ne’er heard before-as this lad shall see.) Give thy business speech."
wanton - indiscipliné, lascif, lubrique, dévergondé, licencieux, gratuit
mend - réparer, raccommoder, rapiécer, s'améliorer
apace - a un rythme soutenu; ; rapidement
clue - indice, indice, piste, idée, informer
"‘Tis matter of small weight, my liege, yet will I touch upon it, an’ it please your Grace. Two days gone by, when your Majesty faulted thrice in your Greek-in the morning lessons,-dost remember it?"
weight - poids, lest, poids, graisse, alourdir, lester, appesantir
gone by - passé
faulted - en défaut; défaut, faute, faute, faille, faute
thrice - trois fois
"Y-e-s-methinks I do. (It is not much of a lie-an’ I had meddled with the Greek at all, I had not faulted simply thrice, but forty times.) Yes, I do recall it, now-go on."
meddled - s'est immiscé; s'ingérer, se meler
Simply - tout simplement; ; simplement
"The master, being wroth with what he termed such slovenly and doltish work, did promise that he would soundly whip me for it-and-"
wroth - colere; ; courroucé
termed - appelé; peine, mandat, période
slovenly - négligé, dépeigné, sale, bâclé
doltish - dolent
whip - fouet, whip, fouetter, flageller, défaire, battre
"Whip thee!" said Tom, astonished out of his presence of mind. "Why should he whip thee for faults of mine?"
"Ah, your Grace forgetteth again. He always scourgeth me when thou dost fail in thy lessons."
forgetteth - oublie
scourgeth - flagellation
fail - échouer
"True, true-I had forgot. Thou teachest me in private-then if I fail, he argueth that thy office was lamely done, and-"
teachest - enseignent
fail - échouer; faillent, échouer, faillons, taper a côté, échouer
argueth - argumente
"Oh, my liege, what words are these? I, the humblest of thy servants, presume to teach thee?"
humblest - le plus humble; humble
presume - présumer, supposer
"Then where is thy blame? What riddle is this? Am I in truth gone mad, or is it thou? Explain-speak out."
riddle - énigme; énigme
"But, good your Majesty, there’s nought that needeth simplifying.-None may visit the sacred person of the Prince of Wales with blows; wherefore, when he faulteth, ‘tis I that take them; and meet it is and right, for that it is mine office and my livelihood." {1}
simplifying - simplifier; simplifier
blows - coups; (blow) coups
faulteth - faute
livelihood - moyens de subsistance; ; gagneain, subsistance
Tom stared at the tranquil boy, observing to himself, "Lo, it is a wonderful thing,-a most strange and curious trade; I marvel they have not hired a boy to take my combings and my dressings for me-would heaven they would!-an’ they will do this thing, I will take my lashings in mine own person, giving God thanks for the change." Then he said aloud-
tranquil - tranquille
most strange - le plus étrange
trade - le commerce
hired - embauché; louer
aloud - a haute voix; ; a voix haute, a haute voix, fort
"And hast thou been beaten, poor friend, according to the promise?"
"No, good your Majesty, my punishment was appointed for this day, and peradventure it may be annulled, as unbefitting the season of mourning that is come upon us; I know not, and so have made bold to come hither and remind your Grace about your gracious promise to intercede in my behalf-"
annulled - annulé; annuler
unbefitting - inadéquat
remind - rappeler
"With the master? To save thee thy whipping?"
"Ah, thou dost remember!"
"My memory mendeth, thou seest. Set thy mind at ease-thy back shall go unscathed-I will see to it."
mendeth - mendeth
unscathed - indemne
see to - a voir
"Oh, thanks, my good lord!" cried the boy, dropping upon his knee again. "Mayhap I have ventured far enow; and yet-"
dropping - de la chute; ; crotte, fiente; (drop) de la chute; ; crotte
Seeing Master Humphrey hesitate, Tom encouraged him to go on, saying he was "in the granting mood."
hesitate - hésiter
encouraged - encouragé; encourager, encourager
granting - l'octroi; accorder, admettre
mood - l'humeur; humeur, changeant, ambiance, diapason
"Then will I speak it out, for it lieth near my heart. Sith thou art no more Prince of Wales but King, thou canst order matters as thou wilt, with none to say thee nay; wherefore it is not in reason that thou wilt longer vex thyself with dreary studies, but wilt burn thy books and turn thy mind to things less irksome. Then am I ruined, and mine orphan sisters with me!"
vex - vex; ; ennuyer, énerver, vexer ''informal'', tourmenter
irksome - genante
orphan - orphelin, orpheline
"Ruined? Prithee how?"
"My back is my bread, O my gracious liege! if it go idle, I starve. An’ thou cease from study mine office is gone thou’lt need no whipping-boy. Do not turn me away!"
idle - au ralenti; fainéant
starve - mourir de faim, crever de faim, crever la dalle, affamer
Tom was touched with this pathetic distress. He said, with a right royal burst of generosity-
generosity - la générosité; ; générosité, bonté
"Discomfort thyself no further, lad. Thine office shall be permanent in thee and thy line for ever." Then he struck the boy a light blow on the shoulder with the flat of his sword, exclaiming, "Rise, Humphrey Marlow, Hereditary Grand Whipping-Boy to the Royal House of England!
discomfort - malaise; ; inconfort
Banish sorrow-I will betake me to my books again, and study so ill that they must in justice treble thy wage, so mightily shall the business of thine office be augmented."
betake - prendre
justice - justice, équité, conseiller
treble - les aigus; triple
wage - salaire; appointements, salaire
augmented - augmentée; augmenter, accroître
The grateful Humphrey responded fervidly-
fervidly - avec ferveur
"Thanks, O most noble master, this princely lavishness doth far surpass my most distempered dreams of fortune. Now shall I be happy all my days, and all the house of Marlow after me."
lavishness - somptuosité; ; faste
surpass - surpasser, dépasser, excéder
Tom had wit enough to perceive that here was a lad who could be useful to him. He encouraged Humphrey to talk, and he was nothing loath. He was delighted to believe that he was helping in Tom’s ‘cure’; for always, as soon as he had finished calling back to Tom’s diseased mind the various particulars of his experiences and adventures in the royal school-room and elsewhere about the palace, he noticed that Tom was then able to ‘recall’ the circumstances quite clearly.
loath - détester
calling back - Tu rappelles
various - divers
particulars - détails; particulier
adventures - aventures; (adventure) aventures
circumstances - circonstances; circonstance
At the end of an hour Tom found himself well freighted with very valuable information concerning personages and matters pertaining to the Court; so he resolved to draw instruction from this source daily; and to this end he would give order to admit Humphrey to the royal closet whenever he might come, provided the Majesty of England was not engaged with other people. Humphrey had hardly been dismissed when my Lord Hertford arrived with more trouble for Tom.
valuable - de valeur; ; précieux, valeur
personages - personnages; personnage
pertaining - en cours de réalisation; appartenir
instruction - l'instruction; ; instruction
source - source, source
provided - fourni; fournir, procurer, pourvoir
engaged - engagé; attirer l'attention, engager, engager, embrayer
dismissed - licencié; renvoyer, limoger, licencier, démettre, renvoyer
Then the Earl proceeded, very delicately, to instruct Tom as to the observances proper to the stately occasion, under the rather thin disguise of ‘reminding’ him concerning things already known to him; but to his vast gratification it turned out that Tom needed very little help in this line-he had been making use of Humphrey in that direction, for Humphrey had mentioned that within a few days he was to begin to dine in public; having gathered it from the swift-winged gossip of the Court.
delicately - délicatement
proper - appropriée; ; approprié, convenable, exact, juste, propre
Occasion - occasion
disguise - déguisement, déguiser
reminding - rappel; rappeler
dine - dîner
winged - ailée; aile, aile, aile, aile, aile, aile, ailier, improviser
gossip - des ragots; ; commere, commérage, ragot, cancan
Tom kept these facts to himself, however.
Seeing the royal memory so improved, the Earl ventured to apply a few tests to it, in an apparently casual way, to find out how far its amendment had progressed. The results were happy, here and there, in spots-spots where Humphrey’s tracks remained-and on the whole my lord was greatly pleased and encouraged. So encouraged was he, indeed, that he spoke up and said in a quite hopeful voice-
apply - s'appliquent; applique, solicitez, solicitent, appliquent
casual - fortuit, accidentel, de hasard, occasionnel, désinvolte, sport
amendment - amendement, avenant
progressed - a progressé; progres
spots - taches; tache, bouton, peu, endroit, zone, détecter, trouver
tracks - pistes; trace, marque, sillon, empreinte, empreinte, sentier
hopeful - d'espoir; ; encourageant
"Now am I persuaded that if your Majesty will but tax your memory yet a little further, it will resolve the puzzle of the Great Seal-a loss which was of moment yesterday, although of none to-day, since its term of service ended with our late lord’s life. May it please your Grace to make the trial?"
persuaded - persuadé; persuader, convaincre
tax - l'impôt; impot, impôt, prestation
resolve - résoudre; résolvons, résolvent, résolvez
puzzle - mystere, énigme, puzzle, casse-tete, jeu de patience, devinette
term - terme; ajournement, listing
Tom was at sea-a Great Seal was something which he was totally unacquainted with. After a moment’s hesitation he looked up innocently and asked-
totally - totalement
unacquainted - pas connu
hesitation - hésitation
innocently - en toute innocence
"What was it like, my lord?"
The Earl started, almost imperceptibly, muttering to himself, "Alack, his wits are flown again!-it was ill wisdom to lead him on to strain them"-then he deftly turned the talk to other matters, with the purpose of sweeping the unlucky seal out of Tom’s thoughts-a purpose which easily succeeded.
imperceptibly - imperceptiblement
lead - du plomb
sweeping - balayage, balayage, a l'emporteiece, radical, complet
unlucky - malchanceux, poissard
The next day the foreign ambassadors came, with their gorgeous trains; and Tom, throned in awful state, received them. The splendours of the scene delighted his eye and fired his imagination at first, but the audience was long and dreary, and so were most of the addresses-wherefore, what began as a pleasure grew into weariness and home-sickness by-and-by.
throned - trôné; trône, trône, trône
scene - scene; ; scene, scene de ménage
audience - assistance, public, auditoire, lectorat, audience
sickness - maladie
Tom said the words which Hertford put into his mouth from time to time, and tried hard to acquit himself satisfactorily, but he was too new to such things, and too ill at ease to accomplish more than a tolerable success. He looked sufficiently like a king, but he was ill able to feel like one. He was cordially glad when the ceremony was ended.
satisfactorily - de maniere satisfaisante
at ease - a l'aise
tolerable - tolérable
cordially - cordialement
The third day of Tom Canty’s kingship came and went much as the others had done, but there was a lifting of his cloud in one way-he felt less uncomfortable than at first; he was getting a little used to his circumstances and surroundings; his chains still galled, but not all the time; he found that the presence and homage of the great afflicted and embarrassed him less and less sharply with every hour that drifted over his head.
kingship - la royauté; ; royauté
cloud - nuage; ; s'obscurcir
uncomfortable - inconfortable
galled - épouvantée; bile
Still, nothing could stop that fourth day, and so it came. It found poor Tom low-spirited and absent-minded, and this mood continued; he could not shake it off. The ordinary duties of the morning dragged upon his hands, and wearied him. Once more he felt the sense of captivity heavy upon him.
spirited - fougueux; esprit, esprit, esprit, moral, élan, esprit
absent - absente; absent
ordinary - piece, ordinaire, quelconque
duties - fonctions; devoir, obligation, service, travail, taxe
Late in the forenoon he was in a large audience-chamber, conversing with the Earl of Hertford and dully awaiting the striking of the hour appointed for a visit of ceremony from a considerable number of great officials and courtiers.
conversing - en train de converser; converser
dully - avec violence
awaiting - en attente; attendre, s'attendre a, servir, guetter, attendre
striking - frappant; ; éclatant; (strike); biffer, rayer, barrer, frapper
considerable - considérable
officials - fonctionnaires; officiel, officiel, cadre, fonctionnaire
After a little while, Tom, who had wandered to a window and become interested in the life and movement of the great highway beyond the palace gates-and not idly interested, but longing with all his heart to take part in person in its stir and freedom-saw the van of a hooting and shouting mob of disorderly men, women, and children of the lowest and poorest degree approaching from up the road.
highway - autoroute; ; grand chemin, grand’route, chaussée
take part - participer
freedom - la liberté; ; liberté
van - van; (de) camion(nette)
disorderly - désordonné
lowest - le plus bas; bas
approaching - en approche; (s'')approcher (de)
"I would I knew what ‘tis about!" he exclaimed, with all a boy’s curiosity in such happenings.
curiosity - curiosité, curiosité
"Thou art the King!" solemnly responded the Earl, with a reverence. "Have I your Grace’s leave to act?"
"O blithely, yes! O gladly, yes!" exclaimed Tom excitedly, adding to himself with a lively sense of satisfaction, "In truth, being a king is not all dreariness-it hath its compensations and conveniences."
excitedly - avec enthousiasme
satisfaction - satisfaction, satisfaction
compensations - compensations; compensation, compensation, compensation
conveniences - des commodités; convenance, commodité, avantage, commodités-p
The Earl called a page, and sent him to the captain of the guard with the order-
captain - capitaine, capitaine de vaisseau, agir en capitaine, piloter
"Let the mob be halted, and inquiry made concerning the occasion of its movement. By the King’s command!"
halted - arreté; (s'')arreter
inquiry - demande; ; enquete
A few seconds later a long rank of the royal guards, cased in flashing steel, filed out at the gates and formed across the highway in front of the multitude. A messenger returned, to report that the crowd were following a man, a woman, and a young girl to execution for crimes committed against the peace and dignity of the realm.
cased - en boîtier; cas
filed - classée; file
execution - l'exécution; ; exécution
committed - engagé; confier, commettre, remettre, consigner, commettre
Death-and a violent death-for these poor unfortunates! The thought wrung Tom’s heart-strings. The spirit of compassion took control of him, to the exclusion of all other considerations; he never thought of the offended laws, or of the grief or loss which these three criminals had inflicted upon their victims; he could think of nothing but the scaffold and the grisly fate hanging over the heads of the condemned.
violent - violent, vif
unfortunates - malheureux; infortuné, malencontreux
wrung - tordus; essorer
control - contrôler, maîtrise, contrôle, commandes
exclusion - l'exclusion; ; exclusion
considerations - considérations; considération, considération, fr
criminals - criminels; criminel, criminel, criminel, criminel, criminelle
inflicted - infligé; infliger
scaffold - échafaudage, échafaud, échafauder
grisly - macabre; macabre
hanging over - en suspens
condemned - condamnée; condamner, déclarer coupable, condamner, condamner
His concern made him even forget, for the moment, that he was but the false shadow of a king, not the substance; and before he knew it he had blurted out the command-
substance - substance, fond, biens
blurted out - bafouillé
"Bring them here!"
Then he blushed scarlet, and a sort of apology sprung to his lips; but observing that his order had wrought no sort of surprise in the Earl or the waiting page, he suppressed the words he was about to utter. The page, in the most matter-of-course way, made a profound obeisance and retired backwards out of the room to deliver the command. Tom experienced a glow of pride and a renewed sense of the compensating advantages of the kingly office.
apology - des excuses; ; excuse, apologie
backwards - a l'envers; arriéré, arriéré, arriéré, en arriere, a reculons
experienced - expérimenté; expérience, expérience, expérience, expérience
renewed - renouvelée; renouveler
compensating - compenser; compenser
advantages - avantages; avantage, avantage, avantage, avantage, avantager
He said to himself, "Truly it is like what I was used to feel when I read the old priest’s tales, and did imagine mine own self a prince, giving law and command to all, saying ‘Do this, do that,’ whilst none durst offer let or hindrance to my will."
durst - durst; oser
Now the doors swung open; one high-sounding title after another was announced, the personages owning them followed, and the place was quickly half-filled with noble folk and finery. But Tom was hardly conscious of the presence of these people, so wrought up was he and so intensely absorbed in that other and more interesting matter.
intensely - intensément
absorbed in - absorbée
He seated himself absently in his chair of state, and turned his eyes upon the door with manifestations of impatient expectancy; seeing which, the company forbore to trouble him, and fell to chatting a mixture of public business and court gossip one with another.
absently - par distraction; distraitement
manifestations - manifestations; manifestation, manifestation
chatting - le bavardage; bavarder
mixture - mélange, mixture
In a little while the measured tread of military men was heard approaching, and the culprits entered the presence in charge of an under-sheriff and escorted by a detail of the king’s guard. The civil officer knelt before Tom, then stood aside; the three doomed persons knelt, also, and remained so; the guard took position behind Tom’s chair. Tom scanned the prisoners curiously. Something about the dress or appearance of the man had stirred a vague memory in him. "Methinks I have seen this man ere now . . . but the when or the where fail me."-Such was Tom’s thought. Just then the man glanced quickly up and quickly dropped his face again, not being able to endure the awful port of sovereignty; but the one full glimpse of the face which Tom got was sufficient.
tread - la bande de roulement; piétiner, escabeau
culprits - coupables; coupable
sheriff - shérif
escorted - escorté; escorte, escorter
civil - civile; ; civil
doomed - condamnée; mort, ruine, perte, condamner
scanned - numérisé; scanner, fouiller, scanner, numériser, scander, scan
prisoners - prisonniers; prisonnier, prisonniere, prisonnier, prisonniere
appearance - l'apparence; ; apparition, apparence, apparence, comparution
endure - endurer, perdurer, supporter
sovereignty - souveraineté
He said to himself: "Now is the matter clear; this is the stranger that plucked Giles Witt out of the Thames, and saved his life, that windy, bitter, first day of the New Year-a brave good deed-pity he hath been doing baser ones and got himself in this sad case . . . I have not forgot the day, neither the hour; by reason that an hour after, upon the stroke of eleven, I did get a hiding by the hand of Gammer Canty which was of so goodly and admired severity that all that went before or followed after it were but fondlings and caresses by comparison."
plucked - plumé; tirer, pincer, plumer, voler, abats-p, persévérance
windy - éventé
deed - acte, action, ouvre, exploit, haut fait; (dee); acte, action
baser - baser; base
hiding - se cacher; (hid) se cacher
severity - la sévérité; ; sévérité, gravité
fondlings - fondlings
caresses - caresses; caresser
by comparison - par comparaison
Tom now ordered that the woman and the girl be removed from the presence for a little time; then addressed himself to the under-sheriff, saying-
"Good sir, what is this man’s offence?"
The officer knelt, and answered-
"So please your Majesty, he hath taken the life of a subject by poison."
poison - poison, empoisonner
Tom’s compassion for the prisoner, and admiration of him as the daring rescuer of a drowning boy, experienced a most damaging shock.
daring - audacieux, courageux, checktéméraire, checkhardi
rescuer - sauveur, sauveuse, sauveteur, sauveteuse
drowning - la noyade; ; noyade; (drown); noyer, checksubmerger
damaging - dommageable; dégât, dommage, dégât, dommage, endommager, abîmer
shock - choc; choquons, offusquer, choquez, choquer, secouer
"The thing was proven upon him?" he asked.
proven - éprouvée; ; prouvé; (prove) éprouvée; ; prouvé
"Most clearly, sire."
Tom sighed, and said-
"Take him away-he hath earned his death. ’Tis a pity, for he was a brave heart-na-na, I mean he hath the look of it!"
earned - gagnée; gagner (sa vie), rapporter
na - Na; (non) Na
The prisoner clasped his hands together with sudden energy, and wrung them despairingly, at the same time appealing imploringly to the ‘King’ in broken and terrified phrases-
despairingly - désespérément
appealing - attrayante; en appeler (a), supplier
imploringly - de maniere implorante
"O my lord the King, an’ thou canst pity the lost, have pity upon me! I am innocent-neither hath that wherewith I am charged been more than but lamely proved-yet I speak not of that; the judgment is gone forth against me and may not suffer alteration; yet in mine extremity I beg a boon, for my doom is more than I can bear. A grace, a grace, my lord the King! in thy royal compassion grant my prayer-give commandment that I be hanged!"
wherewith - avec quoi
charged - chargé; frais-p, charge, chef d’accusation, chef d’inculpation
proved - prouvé; prouver
alteration - modification; ; altération, altérer
extremity - l'extrémité; ; extrémité
Tom was amazed. This was not the outcome he had looked for.
outcome - issue, résultat, dénouement
looked for - cherché
"Odds my life, a strange boon! Was it not the fate intended thee?"
intended - prévu; ; planifié, voulu; (intend); avoir l'intention
"O good my liege, not so! It is ordered that I be boiled alive!"
boiled - bouillie; bouillir
alive - en vie, vivant
The hideous surprise of these words almost made Tom spring from his chair. As soon as he could recover his wits he cried out-
hideous - hideux, strident, atroce, répugnant
spring from - d'une source
recover - récupérer; captons, capter, recouvrent, recouvrer, recouvrons
"Have thy wish, poor soul! an’ thou had poisoned a hundred men thou shouldst not suffer so miserable a death."
shouldst - devrait
The prisoner bowed his face to the ground and burst into passionate expressions of gratitude-ending with-
passionate - passionné
expressions - expressions; expression, expression, expression, expression
"If ever thou shouldst know misfortune-which God forefend!-may thy goodness to me this day be remembered and requited!"
forefend - avant l'heure
requited - demandé; rendre la pareille, réciproquer
Tom turned to the Earl of Hertford, and said-
"My lord, is it believable that there was warrant for this man’s ferocious doom?"
believable - crédible
ferocious - féroce
"It is the law, your Grace-for poisoners. In Germany coiners be boiled to death in oil-not cast in of a sudden, but by a rope let down into the oil by degrees, and slowly; first the feet, then the legs, then-"
poisoners - des empoisonneurs; empoisonneur, empoisonneuse
Germany - l'allemagne; Allemagne
oil - huile; huile
rope - corde; funiculaire, corde
let down - déçu
by degrees - par degrés
"O prithee no more, my lord, I cannot bear it!" cried Tom, covering his eyes with his hands to shut out the picture. "I beseech your good lordship that order be taken to change this law-oh, let no more poor creatures be visited with its tortures."
tortures - tortures; torture, torturer
The Earl’s face showed profound gratification, for he was a man of merciful and generous impulses-a thing not very common with his class in that fierce age. He said-
impulses - des impulsions; impulsion
"These your Grace’s noble words have sealed its doom. History will remember it to the honour of your royal house."
The under-sheriff was about to remove his prisoner; Tom gave him a sign to wait; then he said-
"Good sir, I would look into this matter further. The man has said his deed was but lamely proved. Tell me what thou knowest."
"If the King’s grace please, it did appear upon the trial that this man entered into a house in the hamlet of Islington where one lay sick-three witnesses say it was at ten of the clock in the morning, and two say it was some minutes later-the sick man being alone at the time, and sleeping-and presently the man came forth again and went his way. The sick man died within the hour, being torn with spasms and retchings."
appear - apparaître, sembler
entered into - dans laquelle il est entré
hamlet - hameau
witnesses - des témoins; témoignage, témoin, témoin, preuve, témoigner
spasms - spasmes; spasme
retchings - des rougeoiements
"Did any see the poison given? Was poison found?"
"Marry, no, my liege."
"Then how doth one know there was poison given at all?"
"Please your Majesty, the doctors testified that none die with such symptoms but by poison."
symptoms - des symptômes; symptôme, symptôme
Weighty evidence, this, in that simple age. Tom recognised its formidable nature, and said-
formidable - formidable
"The doctor knoweth his trade-belike they were right. The matter hath an ill-look for this poor man."
trade - le commerce; ; commerce, magasin, négoce, corps de métier
poor man - pauvre homme
"Yet was not this all, your Majesty; there is more and worse. Many testified that a witch, since gone from the village, none know whither, did foretell, and speak it privately in their ears, that the sick man would die by poison-and more, that a stranger would give it-a stranger with brown hair and clothed in a worn and common garb; and surely this prisoner doth answer woundily to the bill. Please your Majesty to give the circumstance that solemn weight which is its due, seeing it was foretold.
witch - sorciere; sorciere, ensorceleurse, sorcierere
foretell - prédire
garb - vetements
woundily - blessée
circumstance - circonstances; ; circonstance
foretold - prédit; prédire
This was an argument of tremendous force in that superstitious day. Tom felt that the thing was settled; if evidence was worth anything, this poor fellow’s guilt was proved. Still he offered the prisoner a chance, saying-
force - force; forcez, contrainte, forçons, contraindre, forcent
superstitious - superstitieux
guilt - culpabilité; culpabilité
"If thou canst say aught in thy behalf, speak."
"Nought that will avail, my King. I am innocent, yet cannot I make it appear. I have no friends, else might I show that I was not in Islington that day; so also might I show that at that hour they name I was above a league away, seeing I was at Wapping Old Stairs; yea more, my King, for I could show, that whilst they say I was taking life, I was saving it. A drowning boy-"
avail - avail; ; profiter, saisir, servir
League - ligue; confédérer, ligue
"Peace! Sheriff, name the day the deed was done!"
"At ten in the morning, or some minutes later, the first day of the New Year, most illustrious-"
"Let the prisoner go free-it is the King’s will!"
Another blush followed this unregal outburst, and he covered his indecorum as well as he could by adding-
unregal - non réglementaire
outburst - explosion; ; transport
indecorum - indecorum
"It enrageth me that a man should be hanged upon such idle, hare-brained evidence!"
Hare - le lievre; lievre
brained - cérébrale; cerveau, qualifierejorative or when used as food
A low buzz of admiration swept through the assemblage. It was not admiration of the decree that had been delivered by Tom, for the propriety or expediency of pardoning a convicted poisoner was a thing which few there would have felt justified in either admitting or admiring-no, the admiration was for the intelligence and spirit which Tom had displayed. Some of the low-voiced remarks were to this effect-
propriety - la bienséance; ; décence, correction, bienséance, convenances
expediency - l'opportunisme; ; efficacité, opportunisme, convenance
pardoning - le pardon; (pardon); pardon, grâce, pardonner, gracier, désolé
convicted - condamnés; condamner, criminel, bagnard
poisoner - empoisonneur, empoisonneuse; (poison); poison, empoisonner
justified - justifiée; justifier, justifier, justifier
Admitting - admettre; admettre, admettre, avouer, reconnaître, admettre
intelligence - l'intelligence; ; intelligence, renseignements
voiced - exprimé; voix
"This is no mad king-he hath his wits sound."
"How sanely he put his questions-how like his former natural self was this abrupt imperious disposal of the matter!"
sanely - sainement
abrupt - abrupt, brusque, precipité
imperious - impérieux
disposal - l'élimination; ; disposition, élimination
"God be thanked, his infirmity is spent! This is no weakling, but a king. He hath borne himself like to his own father."
weakling - faible; ; gringalet, poule mouillée
borne - porté; supporter
The air being filled with applause, Tom’s ear necessarily caught a little of it. The effect which this had upon him was to put him greatly at his ease, and also to charge his system with very gratifying sensations.
applause - applaudissements; ; applaudissement, acclamation
necessarily - nécessairement
system - systeme; ; systeme
gratifying - gratifiante; gratifier
sensations - sensations; sensation, sensation
However, his juvenile curiosity soon rose superior to these pleasant thoughts and feelings; he was eager to know what sort of deadly mischief the woman and the little girl could have been about; so, by his command, the two terrified and sobbing creatures were brought before him.
juvenile - juvénile, adolescent
feelings - sentiments
eager - enthousiaste; désireux
mischief - méfaits; ; espieglerie, betise, polissonnerie, méfait
sobbing - sanglots; ; sanglotement, sanglotant, sanglotante; (sob); fdp
"What is it that these have done?" he inquired of the sheriff.
inquired - a demandé; enqueter, renseigner
"Please your Majesty, a black crime is charged upon them, and clearly proven; wherefore the judges have decreed, according to the law, that they be hanged. They sold themselves to the devil-such is their crime."
devil - Diable, Satan, type
Tom shuddered. He had been taught to abhor people who did this wicked thing. Still, he was not going to deny himself the pleasure of feeding his curiosity for all that; so he asked-
shuddered - a tremblé; tremblement, frisson, frisson, frissonner, trembler
abhor - avoir horreur
deny - nier, démentir, refuser
feeding - l'alimentation; alimentant; (feed) l'alimentation; alimentant
"Where was this done?-and when?"
"On a midnight in December, in a ruined church, your Majesty."
Tom shuddered again.
"Who was there present?"
"Only these two, your grace-and that other."
"Have these confessed?"
confessed - avoué; avouer, confesser, confesser
"Nay, not so, sire-they do deny it."
"Then prithee, how was it known?"
"Certain witness did see them wending thither, good your Majesty; this bred the suspicion, and dire effects have since confirmed and justified it. In particular, it is in evidence that through the wicked power so obtained, they did invoke and bring about a storm that wasted all the region round about. Above forty witnesses have proved the storm; and sooth one might have had a thousand, for all had reason to remember it, sith all had suffered by it.
suspicion - suspicion, soupçon
dire - dire; ; funeste, sinistre, pressant, extreme, terrible
effects - effets; effet, effet, effet, effets-p, effectuer
particular - particulier
obtained - obtenu; obtenir, se procurer, réussir, avoir succes, avoir
invoke - invoquer
bring about - provoquer
"Certes this is a serious matter." Tom turned this dark piece of scoundrelism over in his mind a while, then asked-
scoundrelism - la crapulerie
"Suffered the woman also by the storm?"
Several old heads among the assemblage nodded their recognition of the wisdom of this question. The sheriff, however, saw nothing consequential in the inquiry; he answered, with simple directness-
recognition - reconnaissance
consequential - conséquent
"Indeed did she, your Majesty, and most righteously, as all aver. Her habitation was swept away, and herself and child left shelterless."
righteously - avec droiture
aver - moyenne
shelterless - sans abri; ; sans-abri
"Methinks the power to do herself so ill a turn was dearly bought. She had been cheated, had she paid but a farthing for it; that she paid her soul, and her child’s, argueth that she is mad; if she is mad she knoweth not what she doth, therefore sinneth not."
Dearly - cherement
cheated - trompé; tricher
sinneth - péché
The elderly heads nodded recognition of Tom’s wisdom once more, and one individual murmured, "An’ the King be mad himself, according to report, then is it a madness of a sort that would improve the sanity of some I wot of, if by the gentle providence of God they could but catch it."
individual - individu, individuel, individuel, checkindividuelle
sanity - la santé mentale; ; santé mentale
wot - quoi; (wit) quoi
Providence - la providence; Providence
"What age hath the child?" asked Tom.
"Nine years, please your Majesty."
"By the law of England may a child enter into covenant and sell itself, my lord?" asked Tom, turning to a learned judge.
enter into - entrer
covenant - l'alliance; ; accord, pacte, convention, alliance, clause
"The law doth not permit a child to make or meddle in any weighty matter, good my liege, holding that its callow wit unfitteth it to cope with the riper wit and evil schemings of them that are its elders. The Devil may buy a child, if he so choose, and the child agree thereto, but not an Englishman-in this latter case the contract would be null and void."
permit - permis; permettre, permets, permettons, permettez, permis
unfitteth - ne convient pas
cope - se débrouiller, faire face (a)
riper - riper; (rip) riper
thereto - a cet effet
Englishman - Anglais
null - zero
void - vide; vide, vacuum
"It seemeth a rude unchristian thing, and ill contrived, that English law denieth privileges to Englishmen to waste them on the devil!" cried Tom, with honest heat.
unchristian - pas chrétiennes
denieth - dénier
privileges - privileges; privilege, privilégier
Englishmen - des anglais; Anglais
heat - chaleur; chaleur, ardeur, chauffer
This novel view of the matter excited many smiles, and was stored away in many heads to be repeated about the Court as evidence of Tom’s originality as well as progress toward mental health.
novel - roman; roman, nouveau
smiles - sourires; sourire, sourire
stored - stockée; entrepôt, stock, stocker, stocker, conserver
originality - l'originalité; ; originalité
progress - progres; progressent, progresser, progressons, progrés
mental - mentale; affectif, mental
The elder culprit had ceased from sobbing, and was hanging upon Tom’s words with an excited interest and a growing hope. Tom noticed this, and it strongly inclined his sympathies toward her in her perilous and unfriended situation. Presently he asked-
culprit - coupable
sympathies - sympathies; compassion, sympathie, condoléance, sympathie
perilous - périlleux
unfriended - sans ami
"How wrought they to bring the storm?"
"By pulling off their stockings, sire."
pulling - tirant; (pull); tirer, retirer, tirer un coup, influence
This astonished Tom, and also fired his curiosity to fever heat. He said, eagerly-
fever - de la fievre; ; fievre
"It is wonderful! Hath it always this dread effect?"
"Always, my liege-at least if the woman desire it, and utter the needful words, either in her mind or with her tongue."
Tom turned to the woman, and said with impetuous zeal-
impetuous - impétueux
"Exert thy power-I would see a storm!"
exert - exercer
There was a sudden paling of cheeks in the superstitious assemblage, and a general, though unexpressed, desire to get out of the place-all of which was lost upon Tom, who was dead to everything but the proposed cataclysm. Seeing a puzzled and astonished look in the woman’s face, he added, excitedly-
paling - paling; ; pieu; (pal) paling; ; pieu
unexpressed - non exprimée
proposed - proposée; proposer, demander en mariage
cataclysm - cataclysme
"Never fear-thou shalt be blameless. More-thou shalt go free-none shall touch thee. Exert thy power."
blameless - irréprochable
"Oh, my lord the King, I have it not-I have been falsely accused."
falsely - a tort; ; faussement
accused - accusé; accuser
"Thy fears stay thee. Be of good heart, thou shalt suffer no harm. Make a storm-it mattereth not how small a one-I require nought great or harmful, but indeed prefer the opposite-do this and thy life is spared-thou shalt go out free, with thy child, bearing the King’s pardon, and safe from hurt or malice from any in the realm."
harmful - dangereux, nuisible, nocif, préjudiciable
spared - épargnée; espar
safe from - a l'abri
malice - malveillance, méchanceté
The woman prostrated herself, and protested, with tears, that she had no power to do the miracle, else she would gladly win her child’s life alone, and be content to lose her own, if by obedience to the King’s command so precious a grace might be acquired.
prostrated - prosterné; prosterner
protested - protesté; protester, protestation, manifestation
obedience - l'obéissance; ; obéissance
acquired - acquis; acquérir, acquérir, acquérir
Tom urged-the woman still adhered to her declarations. Finally he said-
urged - pressé; pulsion, pousser, inciter, inciter, provoquer, insister
adhered to - respecté
declarations - déclarations; déclaration, déclaration, déclaration
"I think the woman hath said true. An’ my mother were in her place and gifted with the devil’s functions, she had not stayed a moment to call her storms and lay the whole land in ruins, if the saving of my forfeit life were the price she got! It is argument that other mothers are made in like mould.
gifted - doué; présent, cadeau, don, don, talent, donner, faire don de
functions - fonctions; fonction, fonction, en fonction de, fonction
storms - tempetes; orage, tempete
ruins - des ruines; ruine, ruine, ruine, ruiner, abîmer
forfeit - gage, perdre, abandonner, déclarer forfait
mould - moule; modeler
Thou art free, goodwife-thou and thy child-for I do think thee innocent. Now thou’st nought to fear, being pardoned-pull off thy stockings!-an’ thou canst make me a storm, thou shalt be rich!"
pardoned - gracié; pardon, grâce, pardonner, pardonner, gracier, grâce
pull - tirer, retirer, tirer un coup, influence
The redeemed creature was loud in her gratitude, and proceeded to obey, whilst Tom looked on with eager expectancy, a little marred by apprehension; the courtiers at the same time manifesting decided discomfort and uneasiness. The woman stripped her own feet and her little girl’s also, and plainly did her best to reward the King’s generosity with an earthquake, but it was all a failure and a disappointment. Tom sighed, and said-
redeemed - rachetés; racheter, libérer, secourir, libérer, soulager
loud - bruyante; fort
marred - marqués; gâter
manifesting - se manifester; manifeste, manifeste, bordereau
earthquake - tremblement de terre, séisme
"There, good soul, trouble thyself no further, thy power is departed out of thee. Go thy way in peace; and if it return to thee at any time, forget me not, but fetch me a storm." {13}
good soul - une bonne âme
departed - parti; partir, s’en aller, dévier, quitter
The dinner hour drew near-yet strangely enough, the thought brought but slight discomfort to Tom, and hardly any terror. The morning’s experiences had wonderfully built up his confidence; the poor little ash-cat was already more wonted to his strange garret, after four days’ habit, than a mature person could have become in a full month. A child’s facility in accommodating itself to circumstances was never more strikingly illustrated.
strangely - étrangement
wonderfully - a merveille
built up - construit
confidence - assurance, confiance en soi, confiance, confidence
ash - cendres; frene, cendre
garret - garret; ; galetas
habit - habitude; habitude, configuration
mature - mature; pruine, mur
facility - l'installation; ; facilité, infrastructure, installation
accommodating - accommodante; héberger, accommoder, s'accommoder
Illustrated - illustré; illustré, illustra, illustrée
Let us privileged ones hurry to the great banqueting-room and have a glance at matters there whilst Tom is being made ready for the imposing occasion. It is a spacious apartment, with gilded pillars and pilasters, and pictured walls and ceilings. At the door stand tall guards, as rigid as statues, dressed in rich and picturesque costumes, and bearing halberds.
privileged - privilégiée; privilege, privilégier
banqueting - banquet; banquet, festin
imposing - imposant; imposer, imposer
pillars - piliers; pilier, pile
ceilings - plafonds; plafond
rigid - rigide
costumes - des costumes; costume, costume, déguisement, costume
In a high gallery which runs all around the place is a band of musicians and a packed company of citizens of both sexes, in brilliant attire. In the centre of the room, upon a raised platform, is Tom’s table. Now let the ancient chronicler speak:
gallery - galerie, balcon
citizens - citoyens; citoyen, citoyenne, citoyen, citoyenne, habitant
sexes - sexes; sexe
brilliant - brillante; ; brillant, perle
platform - plate-forme; ; scene, podium, quai, plateforme
"A gentleman enters the room bearing a rod, and along with him another bearing a tablecloth, which, after they have both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spreads upon the table, and after kneeling again they both retire; then come two others, one with the rod again, the other with a salt-cellar, a plate, and bread; when they have kneeled as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they too retire with the same ceremonies performed by the first; at last come two nobles, richly clothed, one bearing a tasting-knife, who, after prostrating themselves three times in the most graceful manner, approach and rub the table with bread and salt, with as much awe as if the King had been present.
enters - entre; entrer, rench: -neededr, taper, saisir, rench: -neededr
rod - tige, canne a peche, verges, bite; paf; pine; queue; vit; zob
tablecloth - nappe
kneeled - a genoux; agenouiller
utmost - le plus important; ; extreme, plus grand, supreme, maximum
veneration - vénération
spreads - des tartinades; étaler, écarter, disperser, répandre
retire - prendre sa retraite; retirent, retirez, se retirer, retirer
cellar - cave; cave
plate - assiette; plaque, assiette, écriteau
ceremonies - cérémonies; cérémonie, cérémonie
performed - réalisée; exécuter, performer, jouer (''actor'')
prostrating - se prosterner; prosterner
approach - approche; approchons, abordent, abordez, rapprochons
Rub - rub; ; friction, hic, frotter, polir
been present - était présent
{6}
So end the solemn preliminaries. Now, far down the echoing corridors we hear a bugle-blast, and the indistinct cry, "Place for the King! Way for the King’s most excellent majesty!" These sounds are momently repeated-they grow nearer and nearer-and presently, almost in our faces, the martial note peals and the cry rings out, "Way for the King!
preliminaries - préliminaires; préliminaire
echoing - l'écho; écho
indistinct - indistinct
most excellent - le plus excellent
momently - momentanément
peals - peaux; carillon
rings - anneaux; anneau, bague
At this instant the shining pageant appears, and files in at the door, with a measured march. Let the chronicler speak again:-
Appears - apparaît; apparaître, paraître, apparaître, sembler, paraître
"First come Gentlemen, Barons, Earls, Knights of the Garter, all richly dressed and bareheaded; next comes the Chancellor, between two, one of which carries the royal sceptre, the other the Sword of State in a red scabbard, studded with golden fleurs-de-lis, the point upwards; next comes the King himself-whom, upon his appearing, twelve trumpets and many drums salute with a great burst of welcome, whilst all in the galleries rise in their places, crying ‘God save the King!
barons - barons; baron
earls - les comtes; comte
bareheaded - tete nue
sceptre - sceptre
scabbard - fourreau
studded - clouté; écurie
lis - lis; (Li) lis
appearing - apparaissant; apparaître, paraître, apparaître, sembler
drums - des tambours; tambour
galleries - galeries; galerie, galerie, balcon, galerie
crying - pleurer; ; pleur; (cry); pleurer, crier, hurler, gueuler, pleur
After him come nobles attached to his person, and on his right and left march his guard of honour, his fifty Gentlemen Pensioners, with gilt battle-axes."
attached - attachée; attacher
guard of honour - garde d'honneur
This was all fine and pleasant. Tom’s pulse beat high, and a glad light was in his eye. He bore himself right gracefully, and all the more so because he was not thinking of how he was doing it, his mind being charmed and occupied with the blithe sights and sounds about him-and besides, nobody can be very ungraceful in nicely-fitting beautiful clothes after he has grown a little used to them-especially if he is for the moment unconscious of them.
pulse beat - Un battement de cour
gracefully - gracieusement
occupied with - occupés par
blithe - joyeux; ; indifférent, négligent, allegre, content, gai
sights - vues; vue, quelque chose a voir, truc a voir, mire, viseur
ungraceful - ingrate
nicely - joliment; ; agréablement
fitting - l'appareillage; ; approprié, conforme, convenable, coupleur
Tom remembered his instructions, and acknowledged his greeting with a slight inclination of his plumed head, and a courteous "I thank ye, my good people."
acknowledged - reconnu; reconnaître, accuser réception, certifier
inclination - inclinaison, checktendance
courteous - courtois, poli
He seated himself at table, without removing his cap; and did it without the least embarrassment; for to eat with one’s cap on was the one solitary royal custom upon which the kings and the Cantys met upon common ground, neither party having any advantage over the other in the matter of old familiarity with it. The pageant broke up and grouped itself picturesquely, and remained bareheaded.
embarrassment - de l'embarras; ; embarras, (etre la) honte (de)
solitary - solitaire; solitaire, seul, un a un
common ground - un terrain d'entente
familiarity - familiarité
Now to the sound of gay music the Yeomen of the Guard entered,-"the tallest and mightiest men in England, they being carefully selected in this regard"-but we will let the chronicler tell about it:-
Yeomen - yeomen; franc-tenancier, valet
carefully - attentivement; ; soigneusement
selected - sélectionné; sélect, choisir, sélectionner
"The Yeomen of the Guard entered, bareheaded, clothed in scarlet, with golden roses upon their backs; and these went and came, bringing in each turn a course of dishes, served in plate. These dishes were received by a gentleman in the same order they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the taster gave to each guard a mouthful to eat of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of any poison."
bringing in - d'apporter
served - servi; service, servir, servir, servir, signifier, purger
mouthful - bouchée
Tom made a good dinner, notwithstanding he was conscious that hundreds of eyes followed each morsel to his mouth and watched him eat it with an interest which could not have been more intense if it had been a deadly explosive and was expected to blow him up and scatter him all about the place.
more intense - plus intense
explosive - explosif, explosif
Scatter - la dispersion; ; disperser, se disperser, éparpiller
He was careful not to hurry, and equally careful not to do anything whatever for himself, but wait till the proper official knelt down and did it for him. He got through without a mistake-flawless and precious triumph.
equally - également
whatever - quoi qu'il en soit; ; quel que soit, n'importe quel
got through - est passé
flawless - sans faille; ; impeccable, parfait
triumph - triomphe; triomphe, triomphal
When the meal was over at last and he marched away in the midst of his bright pageant, with the happy noises in his ears of blaring bugles, rolling drums, and thundering acclamations, he felt that if he had seen the worst of dining in public it was an ordeal which he would be glad to endure several times a day if by that means he could but buy himself free from some of the more formidable requirements of his royal office.
blaring - hurlante; éclat, brillance, brailler, hurler
bugles - des clairons; clairon
rolling - rouler; enroulant, roulant; (roll) rouler; enroulant, roulant
thundering - le tonnerre; tonitruant, tonitruante; (thunder); tonnerre
acclamations - acclamations; acclamation
dining - dîner; vacarme
be glad - etre heureux
Miles Hendon hurried along toward the Southwark end of the bridge, keeping a sharp look-out for the persons he sought, and hoping and expecting to overtake them presently. He was disappointed in this, however. By asking questions, he was enabled to track them part of the way through Southwark; then all traces ceased, and he was perplexed as to how to proceed. Still, he continued his efforts as best he could during the rest of the day. Nightfall found him leg-weary, half-famished, and his desire as far from accomplishment as ever; so he supped at the Tabard Inn and went to bed, resolved to make an early start in the morning, and give the town an exhaustive search. As he lay thinking and planning, he presently began to reason thus: The boy would escape from the ruffian, his reputed father, if possible; would he go back to London and seek his former haunts?
overtake - dépasser, doubler, surprendre
disappointed - déçue; décevoir, désappointer
enabled - activée; autoriser, permettre, permettre, activer
track - piste; ; trace, marque, sillon, empreinte, sentier, chemin
traces - des traces; trace
nightfall - a la tombée de la nuit; ; tombée de la nuit
exhaustive - exhaustive
reputed - réputé; réputation
if possible - si possible
haunts - hunts; hanter, hanter, demeurer, point de rencontre
No, he would not do that, he would avoid recapture. What, then, would he do? Never having had a friend in the world, or a protector, until he met Miles Hendon, he would naturally try to find that friend again, provided the effort did not require him to go toward London and danger. He would strike for Hendon Hall, that is what he would do, for he knew Hendon was homeward bound and there he might expect to find him. Yes, the case was plain to Hendon-he must lose no more time in Southwark, but move at once through Kent, toward Monk’s Holm, searching the wood and inquiring as he went. Let us return to the vanished little King now.
avoid - éviter, fuir
recapture - recapture; ; capturer encore, capturer de nouveau, recapturer
effort - l'effort; ; effort
strike - greve; ; biffer, rayer, barrer, frapper, battre, faire greve
homeward - en direction de la maison
expect - s'attendre a; ; attendre, s'attendre a
searching - a la recherche; recherche, chercher, fouiller, chercher
The ruffian whom the waiter at the inn on the bridge saw ‘about to join’ the youth and the King did not exactly join them, but fell in close behind them and followed their steps. He said nothing. His left arm was in a sling, and he wore a large green patch over his left eye; he limped slightly, and used an oaken staff as a support.
exactly - exactement
sling - fronde; dérapage
patch - patch; rapiécer
limped - boitait; mou, faible
staff - le personnel; personnelle
The youth led the King a crooked course through Southwark, and by-and-by struck into the high road beyond. The King was irritated, now, and said he would stop here-it was Hendon’s place to come to him, not his to go to Hendon. He would not endure such insolence; he would stop where he was. The youth said-
led - dirigé; ; DEL, LED; (lead) dirigé; ; DEL, LED
irritated - irritée; agacer (displeasure)
insolence - insolence
"Thou’lt tarry here, and thy friend lying wounded in the wood yonder? So be it, then."
The King’s manner changed at once. He cried out-
"Wounded? And who hath dared to do it? But that is apart; lead on, lead on! Faster, sirrah! Art shod with lead? Wounded, is he? Now though the doer of it be a duke’s son he shall rue it!"
dared - osé; oser
lead - plomb; guider, plomb, conduire, mener
doer - l'auteur de l'acte; ; faiseur
rue - rue
It was some distance to the wood, but the space was speedily traversed. The youth looked about him, discovered a bough sticking in the ground, with a small bit of rag tied to it, then led the way into the forest, watching for similar boughs and finding them at intervals; they were evidently guides to the point he was aiming at. By-and-by an open place was reached, where were the charred remains of a farm-house, and near them a barn which was falling to ruin and decay. There was no sign of life anywhere, and utter silence prevailed. The youth entered the barn, the King following eagerly upon his heels. No one there!
rag - chiffon; chiffon
tied - attachée; attacher
boughs - rameaux; branche
guides - guides; guider
aiming at - visant
charred - carbonisé; carboniser
farm-house - (farm-house) une maison de ferme
barn - grange; stand, kiosque, grange, échoppe
falling to - de tomber
decay - pourriture; ; décrépitude, déchéance, pourrir, se désintégrer
sign of life - un signe de vie
anywhere - n'importe ou; ; n'importe ou, ou que ce soit, nulle part
The King shot a surprised and suspicious glance at the youth, and asked-
surprised - surpris; surprise, surprise, surprendre, étonner, surprendre
"Where is he?"
A mocking laugh was his answer. The King was in a rage in a moment; he seized a billet of wood and was in the act of charging upon the youth when another mocking laugh fell upon his ear. It was from the lame ruffian who had been following at a distance. The King turned and said angrily-
mocking - se moquer; (moc) se moquer
billet - billettes; logement (chez l''habitant)
lame - boiteux; boiteux
"Who art thou? What is thy business here?"
"Leave thy foolery," said the man, "and quiet thyself. My disguise is none so good that thou canst pretend thou knowest not thy father through it."
"Thou art not my father. I know thee not. I am the King. If thou hast hid my servant, find him for me, or thou shalt sup sorrow for what thou hast done."
hid - caché; (hide) caché
John Canty replied, in a stern and measured voice-
"It is plain thou art mad, and I am loath to punish thee; but if thou provoke me, I must. Thy prating doth no harm here, where there are no ears that need to mind thy follies; yet it is well to practise thy tongue to wary speech, that it may do no hurt when our quarters change. I have done a murder, and may not tarry at home-neither shalt thou, seeing I need thy service.
punish - punir, châtier
provoke - provoquer
follies - folies; folie, sottise, folie
wary - méfiance; ; méfiant, circonspect
murder - meurtre, homicide, assassinat, occire
My name is changed, for wise reasons; it is Hobbs-John Hobbs; thine is Jack-charge thy memory accordingly. Now, then, speak. Where is thy mother? Where are thy sisters? They came not to the place appointed-knowest thou whither they went?"
Jack - Jeannot, Jacques, Jacob, Jack
accordingly - en conséquence, conséquemment
The King answered sullenly-
sullenly - maussade
"Trouble me not with these riddles. My mother is dead; my sisters are in the palace."
riddles - des énigmes; devinette
The youth near by burst into a derisive laugh, and the King would have assaulted him, but Canty-or Hobbs, as he now called himself-prevented him, and said-
derisive - dérisoire
assaulted - agressé; assaut, agression, attaquer, agresser
prevented - empeché; empecher
"Peace, Hugo, vex him not; his mind is astray, and thy ways fret him. Sit thee down, Jack, and quiet thyself; thou shalt have a morsel to eat, anon."
Hugo - hugo; Hugo
anon - anon; anon
Hobbs and Hugo fell to talking together, in low voices, and the King removed himself as far as he could from their disagreeable company. He withdrew into the twilight of the farther end of the barn, where he found the earthen floor bedded a foot deep with straw. He lay down here, drew straw over himself in lieu of blankets, and was soon absorbed in thinking. He had many griefs, but the minor ones were swept almost into forgetfulness by the supreme one, the loss of his father. To the rest of the world the name of Henry VIII. brought a shiver, and suggested an ogre whose nostrils breathed destruction and whose hand dealt scourgings and death; but to this boy the name brought only sensations of pleasure; the figure it invoked wore a countenance that was all gentleness and affection.
disagreeable - incompatible, désagréable
withdrew - s'est retiré; (se) retirer
twilight - demi-jour, crépuscule, entre chien et loup, pénombre, brumes
earthen - en terre
lieu - lieu
blankets - couvertures; couverture, général, recouvrir, couvrir
minor - mineur, mineur
supreme - supreme; ; supreme
suggested - suggéré; proposer, suggérer, suggérer
ogre - ogre
nostrils - narines; narine, qualifier
breathed - respiré; respiration, souffle, respiration, haleine, souffle
dealt - traité; marché, affaire
scourgings - les flagellations
invoked - invoquée; invoquer, invoquer, invoquer
He called to mind a long succession of loving passages between his father and himself, and dwelt fondly upon them, his unstinted tears attesting how deep and real was the grief that possessed his heart. As the afternoon wasted away, the lad, wearied with his troubles, sank gradually into a tranquil and healing slumber.
succession - succession
passages - passages; passage
fondly - affectieux
unstinted - sans réserve
attesting - l'attestation; attester
possessed - possédé; posséder, posséder, s'emparer de
healing - la guérison; (heal) la guérison
After a considerable time-he could not tell how long-his senses struggled to a half-consciousness, and as he lay with closed eyes vaguely wondering where he was and what had been happening, he noted a murmurous sound, the sullen beating of rain upon the roof. A snug sense of comfort stole over him, which was rudely broken, the next moment, by a chorus of piping cackles and coarse laughter. It startled him disagreeably, and he unmuffled his head to see whence this interruption proceeded. A grim and unsightly picture met his eye. A bright fire was burning in the middle of the floor, at the other end of the barn; and around it, and lit weirdly up by the red glare, lolled and sprawled the motliest company of tattered gutter-scum and ruffians, of both sexes, he had ever read or dreamed of.
senses - sens; sens, sens, sens, sens, sens, acception, sentir, sentir
struggled - en difficulté; lutte, lutter, s'efforcer, combattre
consciousness - la conscience; ; conscience
murmurous - murmure
sullen - maussade, morose, morne, lent
roof - toit; toit
snug - serré; ; confortable, douillet
chorus - chour; ; chour antique, chour, chorale, refrain
piping - tuyauterie; (pip) tuyauterie
cackles - caquete; caquet, ricanement, gloussement, caqueter, caqueter
disagreeably - désagréable
whence - pourquoi; ; d'ou
interruption - interruption
unsightly - disgracieux, inesthétique
burning - bruler; ; brulant, ardent, brulage; (burn) bruler; ; brulant
weirdly - bizarrement
motliest - la plus motrice; hétéroclite, bigarré
gutter - gouttiere; gouttiere, rigole
ruffians - ruffians; rufian, voyou, brute
There were huge stalwart men, brown with exposure, long-haired, and clothed in fantastic rags; there were middle-sized youths, of truculent countenance, and similarly clad; there were blind mendicants, with patched or bandaged eyes; crippled ones, with wooden legs and crutches; diseased ones, with running sores peeping from ineffectual wrappings; there was a villain-looking pedlar with his pack; a knife-grinder, a tinker, and a barber-surgeon, with the implements of their trades; some of the females were hardly-grown girls, some were at prime, some were old and wrinkled hags, and all were loud, brazen, foul-mouthed; and all soiled and slatternly; there were three sore-faced babies; there were a couple of starveling curs, with strings about their necks, whose office was to lead the blind.
stalwart - robuste, courageux, vaillant, pilier
exposure - l'exposition; ; exposition
haired - cheveux
sized - dimensionné; taille, dimension(s)
youths - les jeunes; jeunesse, jeunesse, jeune, jeune, jeune homme
truculent - truculent
similarly - de la meme maniere
mendicants - mendiants; mendiant
patched - patché; piece, rustine
bandaged - bandé; bandage, pansement, panser
crippled - estropié; estropié, infirme, estropier, bridé
wooden - en bois, boisé, raide
crutches - des béquilles; béquille, soutien, support
sores - des plaies; douloureux
peeping - de l'espionnage; regarder qqch a la dérobée
ineffectual - inefficace
pedlar - traficoteur
grinder - molaire, aiguisoir, meuleuse, moulin, broyeur
tinker - bricoler, bidouiller, magouiller, traficoter
barber - coiffeur, coiffeuse, barbier
surgeon - chirurgien, chirurgienne
implements - met en ouvre; instrument, appliquer, exécuter, établir
trades - métiers; commerce, commerce, magasin, négoce, corps de métier
females - les femelles; femelle, femelle, femelle
prime - premier; premier
wrinkled - ridé; ride
hags - hags; (vieille) sorciere
brazen - effronté; ; cuivreux, aigu, dur comme de la pierre
slatternly - en bavette
starveling - meurt de faim
The night was come, the gang had just finished feasting, an orgy was beginning; the can of liquor was passing from mouth to mouth. A general cry broke forth-
gang - gang; tierce, bande
feasting - festoyer; (feast) festoyer
orgy - orgie, partouze
"A song! a song from the Bat and Dick and Dot-and-go-One!"
bat - chauve-souris; chauve-souris
‘Bien Darkman’s then, Bouse Mort and Ken,
Bouse - bouse
ken - ken
The bien Coves bings awast,
coves - criques; crique
awast - awast
On Chates to trine by Rome Coves dine
trine - trine
Rome - rome; Rome
For his long lib at last.
lib - libérer
Bing’d out bien Morts and toure, and toure,
Bing out of the Rome vile bine,
vile - vil
bine - bine
And toure the Cove that cloy’d your duds,
Cove - la crique; anse
cloy - cloy
duds - des ratés; munition non explosée
Upon the Chates to trine.‘
(From’The English Rogue.’ London, 1665.)
rogue - canaille, fripouille, coquin, voyou, garnement, vagabond
Conversation followed; not in the thieves’ dialect of the song, for that was only used in talk when unfriendly ears might be listening. In the course of it, it appeared that ‘John Hobbs’ was not altogether a new recruit, but had trained in the gang at some former time. His later history was called for, and when he said he had ‘accidentally’ killed a man, considerable satisfaction was expressed; when he added that the man was a priest, he was roundly applauded, and had to take a drink with everybody.
dialect - dialecte, patois
unfriendly - inamicale; déplaisant
altogether - tout a fait; ; completement, en meme temps, quoi qu'il en soit
recruit - recrue, recruter, enrôler, checkenrôler
accidentally - accidentellement
expressed - exprimée; exprimer
roundly - cyclo
applauded - applaudi; applaudir, ovationner, louer, approuver
Old acquaintances welcomed him joyously, and new ones were proud to shake him by the hand. He was asked why he had ‘tarried away so many months.’ He answered-
joyously - joyeusement
"London is better than the country, and safer, these late years, the laws be so bitter and so diligently enforced. An’ I had not had that accident, I had stayed there. I had resolved to stay, and never more venture country-wards-but the accident has ended that."
safer - plus sur; en sécurité, qualifier
enforced - appliqué; renforcer, intensifier, imposer, obliger
wards - des pupilles de l'état; salle
He inquired how many persons the gang numbered now. The ‘ruffler,’ or chief, answered-
"Five and twenty sturdy budges, bulks, files, clapperdogeons and maunders, counting the dells and doxies and other morts. {7} Most are here, the rest are wandering eastward, along the winter lay. We follow at dawn."
budges - bourgeons; (faire) bouger
bulks - des masses; grosseur, gros, ensemble, vrac
counting - compter; comte
"I do not see the Wen among the honest folk about me. Where may he be?"
"Poor lad, his diet is brimstone, now, and over hot for a delicate taste. He was killed in a brawl, somewhere about midsummer."
Brimstone - le soufre; ; citron
brawl - bagarre; bagarre
somewhere - quelque part
"I sorrow to hear that; the Wen was a capable man, and brave."
"That was he, truly. Black Bess, his dell, is of us yet, but absent on the eastward tramp; a fine lass, of nice ways and orderly conduct, none ever seeing her drunk above four days in the seven."
Lass - lass; ; demoiselle, fille, jeune fille
orderly - ordonné, planton
conduct - comportement, conduite, se comporter, conduire, mener
"She was ever strict-I remember it well-a goodly wench and worthy all commendation. Her mother was more free and less particular; a troublesome and ugly-tempered beldame, but furnished with a wit above the common."
strict - stricte; ; strict
wench - jeune fille, jeune femme, servante, femme facile
troublesome - genants
tempered - tempéré; caractere, tempérament, humeur, état d'esprit, recuit
beldame - beldame
"We lost her through it. Her gift of palmistry and other sorts of fortune-telling begot for her at last a witch’s name and fame. The law roasted her to death at a slow fire. It did touch me to a sort of tenderness to see the gallant way she met her lot-cursing and reviling all the crowd that gaped and gazed around her, whilst the flames licked upward toward her face and catched her thin locks and crackled about her old gray head-cursing them!
palmistry - la chiromancie; ; chiromancie
sorts - sortes; sorte
begot - engendré; engendrer, procréer, engendrer
fame - la notoriété; ; gloire, célébrité
Roasted - rôti; rôtir, rôtir, incendier, rôti, bien-cuit, rôti
tenderness - tendresse
cursing - maudissant; (curs) maudissant
reviling - l'injure; (revile); insulter
gaped - béante; espace, vide, trou
licked - léché; lécher
upward - a la hausse
catched - attrapé
locks - des serrures; serrure
crackled - crépité; crépitement, crépiter
why an’ thou should’st live a thousand years thoud’st never hear so masterful a cursing. Alack, her art died with her. There be base and weakling imitations left, but no true blasphemy."
masterful - magistral
imitations - des imitations; imitation, imitation
blasphemy - blaspheme; ; blaspheme
The Ruffler sighed; the listeners sighed in sympathy; a general depression fell upon the company for a moment, for even hardened outcasts like these are not wholly dead to sentiment, but are able to feel a fleeting sense of loss and affliction at wide intervals and under peculiarly favouring circumstances-as in cases like to this, for instance, when genius and culture depart and leave no heir.
listeners - des auditeurs; auditeur, auditrice, écouteur, écouteuse
depression - la dépression; ; dépression, dépression
outcasts - des marginaux; exclu/-e
sentiment - sentiment
peculiarly - de façon particuliere
favouring - favoriser; service
instance - instance
genius - génie
However, a deep drink all round soon restored the spirits of the mourners.
"Have any others of our friends fared hardly?" asked Hobbs.
"Some-yes. Particularly new comers-such as small husbandmen turned shiftless and hungry upon the world because their farms were taken from them to be changed to sheep ranges. They begged, and were whipped at the cart’s tail, naked from the girdle up, till the blood ran; then set in the stocks to be pelted; they begged again, were whipped again, and deprived of an ear; they begged a third time-poor devils, what else could they do?-and were branded on the cheek with a red-hot iron, then sold for slaves; they ran away, were hunted down, and hanged. ’Tis a brief tale, and quickly told. Others of us have fared less hardly. Stand forth, Yokel, Burns, and Hodge-show your adornments!
shiftless - sans équipe
ranges - gammes; chaîne (de montagnes), cuisiniere, sélection, gamme
whipped - fouetté; fouet, whip, fouetter, flageller, défaire, battre
cart - chariot; chariot, charrette
girdle - gaine; corset, ceinture
stocks - des stocks; stock, réserve
pelted - pelé; lancer
deprived of - privé de
devils - diables; Diable, Satan, diable, diable, diable, type, diable
branded - de marque; tison, marque, marque, marque, style, flétrir
hunted - chassé; chasser, chercher, chasse
Yokel - yokel; ; manant, plouc r=colloquial
burns - brulures; bruler
These stood up and stripped away some of their rags, exposing their backs, criss-crossed with ropy old welts left by the lash; one turned up his hair and showed the place where a left ear had once been; another showed a brand upon his shoulder-the letter V-and a mutilated ear; the third said-
exposing - exposer; exposer, dénoncer, exposer
crossed - croisé; croix, croix, croix, croix, signe de croix
ropy - gluant
welts - des zébrures; bordure
lash - cils; amarrons, amarrez, amarrent, fustiger
brand - tison, marque, style, flétrir, marquer, graver, cataloguer
mutilated - mutilés; mutiler, mutiler
"I am Yokel, once a farmer and prosperous, with loving wife and kids-now am I somewhat different in estate and calling; and the wife and kids are gone; mayhap they are in heaven, mayhap in-in the other place-but the kindly God be thanked, they bide no more in England! My good old blameless mother strove to earn bread by nursing the sick; one of these died, the doctors knew not how, so my mother was burnt for a witch, whilst my babes looked on and wailed. English law!-up, all, with your cups!-now all together and with a cheer!-drink to the merciful English law that delivered her from the English hell! Thank you, mates, one and all. I begged, from house to house-I and the wife-bearing with us the hungry kids-but it was crime to be hungry in England-so they stripped us and lashed us through three towns. Drink ye all again to the merciful English law!-for its lash drank deep of my Mary’s blood and its blessed deliverance came quick. She lies there, in the potter’s field, safe from all harms.
prosperous - prospere
kids - enfants; gamin, enfant
strove - s'efforcer; s''efforcer de
earn - gagner; gagner, gagnons, gagnez, gagnent
wailed - a gémi; se lamenter
hell - l'enfer; enfer
mates - les copains; (s'')accoupler
be hungry - avoir faim
lashed - fouetté; cil
blessed - bienheureux, béni; (bless); bienheureux, béni
lies - mensonges; mensonge
Potter - potter; potier/-iere
field - champ, campo, terrain, corps, rubrique, attraper
harms - des préjudices; mal, tort, dommage, nuire a, faire du mal a
And the kids-well, whilst the law lashed me from town to town, they starved. Drink, lads-only a drop-a drop to the poor kids, that never did any creature harm. I begged again-begged, for a crust, and got the stocks and lost an ear-see, here bides the stump; I begged again, and here is the stump of the other to keep me minded of it. And still I begged again, and was sold for a slave-here on my cheek under this stain, if I washed it off, ye might see the red S the branding-iron left there! A slave! Do you understand that word? An English slave!-that is he that stands before ye. I have run from my master, and when I am found-the heavy curse of heaven fall on the law of the land that hath commanded it!-I shall hang!" {1}
bides - bides; faire une enchere (de)
slave - esclave, serf, serve, esclave
stain - tache, souillure, colorant, tacher, entacher, colorer
branding - l'image de marque; tison, marque, marque, marque, style
A ringing voice came through the murky air-
"Thou shalt not!-and this day the end of that law is come!"
All turned, and saw the fantastic figure of the little King approaching hurriedly; as it emerged into the light and was clearly revealed, a general explosion of inquiries broke out-
revealed - révélée; révéler, révéler, laisser voir
inquiries - des demandes de renseignements; enquete
"Who is it? What is it? Who art thou, manikin?"
manikin - mannequin
The boy stood unconfused in the midst of all those surprised and questioning eyes, and answered with princely dignity-
"I am Edward, King of England."
A wild burst of laughter followed, partly of derision and partly of delight in the excellence of the joke. The King was stung. He said sharply-
burst of laughter - un éclat de rire
Derision - dérision
delight in - le plaisir
excellence - l'excellence; ; excellence
"Ye mannerless vagrants, is this your recognition of the royal boon I have promised?"
vagrants - des vagabonds; itinérant/-e, vagabond/-e
promised - promis; vou, promesse, promesse, promettre
He said more, with angry voice and excited gesture, but it was lost in a whirlwind of laughter and mocking exclamations. ’John Hobbs’ made several attempts to make himself heard above the din, and at last succeeded-saying-
whirlwind - tourbillon; ; cyclone
exclamations - exclamations; exclamation
din - din; vacarme
"Mates, he is my son, a dreamer, a fool, and stark mad-mind him not-he thinketh he is the King."
dreamer - reveur; ; reveur, reveuse
thinketh - pense
"I am the King," said Edward, turning toward him, "as thou shalt know to thy cost, in good time. Thou hast confessed a murder-thou shalt swing for it."
in good time - en temps voulu
swing - swing; ; osciller, se balancer, swinguer, pendre, changer
"Thou’lt betray me?-thou? An’ I get my hands upon thee-"
"Tut-tut!" said the burley Ruffler, interposing in time to save the King, and emphasising this service by knocking Hobbs down with his fist, "hast respect for neither Kings nor Rufflers? An’ thou insult my presence so again, I’ll hang thee up myself." Then he said to his Majesty, "Thou must make no threats against thy mates, lad; and thou must guard thy tongue from saying evil of them elsewhere.
burley - burley
emphasising - mettre l'accent; accent, emphase, graisse (4)
knocking - frapper; frappant; (knock); coup, frapper
fist - poing; poing
myself - moi-meme; ; me, m'
Be king, if it please thy mad humour, but be not harmful in it. Sink the title thou hast uttered-‘tis treason; we be bad men in some few trifling ways, but none among us is so base as to be traitor to his King; we be loving and loyal hearts, in that regard. Note if I speak truth. Now-all together: ’Long live Edward, King of England!’"
sink - couler, s'enfoncer, couler, évier, lavabo
"LONG LIVE EDWARD, KING OF ENGLAND!"
The response came with such a thundergust from the motley crew that the crazy building vibrated to the sound. The little King’s face lighted with pleasure for an instant, and he slightly inclined his head, and said with grave simplicity-
response - réponse
thundergust - thundergust
motley - motley; ; hétéroclite, bigarré
crew - l'équipage; équipage
vibrated - vibré; vibrer
"I thank you, my good people."
This unexpected result threw the company into convulsions of merriment. When something like quiet was presently come again, the Ruffler said, firmly, but with an accent of good nature-
unexpected - inattendu
convulsions - des convulsions; convulsion
accent - accent; emphase, souligner, accentuer, accent
"Drop it, boy, ‘tis not wise, nor well. Humour thy fancy, if thou must, but choose some other title."
Drop it - Le laisser tomber
A tinker shrieked out a suggestion-
shrieked - a crié; hurlement, crier
"Foo-foo the First, King of the Mooncalves!"
The title ‘took,’ at once, every throat responded, and a roaring shout went up, of-
throat - gorge, goulot
"Long live Foo-foo the First, King of the Mooncalves!" followed by hootings, cat-calls, and peals of laughter.
hootings - hululements
"Hale him forth, and crown him!"
"Robe him!"
"Sceptre him!"
"Throne him!"
These and twenty other cries broke out at once! and almost before the poor little victim could draw a breath he was crowned with a tin basin, robed in a tattered blanket, throned upon a barrel, and sceptred with the tinker’s soldering-iron.
broke out - a éclaté
crowned - couronné; couronne
tin - l'étain; étain, conserve, boîte de conserve, moule, gamelle
robed - habillé; robe
barrel - tonneau, barrique, baril, canon, barillet, embariller
sceptred - sceptre; sceptre
soldering-iron - (soldering-iron) fer a souder
Then all flung themselves upon their knees about him and sent up a chorus of ironical wailings, and mocking supplications, whilst they swabbed their eyes with their soiled and ragged sleeves and aprons-
ironical - ironique
supplications - des supplications; supplication
aprons - tabliers; tablier, tarmac, piste, tablier
"Be gracious to us, O sweet King!"
"Trample not upon thy beseeching worms, O noble Majesty!"
trample - fouler, piétiner
beseeching - l'imploration; adjurant; (beseech); prier, implorer, supplier
worms - des vers; ver, vermine, scarabée, ver, vis sans fin, dragon
"Pity thy slaves, and comfort them with a royal kick!"
kick - coup de pied; bottons, bottent, escabeau, bottez, botter
"Cheer us and warm us with thy gracious rays, O flaming sun of sovereignty!"
rays - rayons; rayon
flaming - flammes; ; enflammé, flambant; (flame); flamme, polémique
"Sanctify the ground with the touch of thy foot, that we may eat the dirt and be ennobled!"
sanctify - consacrer, sanctifier
ennobled - anobli; anoblir
"Deign to spit upon us, O Sire, that our children’s children may tell of thy princely condescension, and be proud and happy for ever!"
condescension - condescendance
But the humorous tinker made the ‘hit’ of the evening and carried off the honours. Kneeling, he pretended to kiss the King’s foot, and was indignantly spurned; whereupon he went about begging for a rag to paste over the place upon his face which had been touched by the foot, saying it must be preserved from contact with the vulgar air, and that he should make his fortune by going on the highway and exposing it to view at the rate of a hundred shillings a sight.
humorous - humoristique
hit - frappé; frapper, battement, battre, succes
carried off - emportés
pretended - prétendu; prétendre, prétendre a, feindre, faire semblant
paste over - coller
preserved - préservée; confiture, conserve, réserve naturelle
contact - contact, lentille, connaissance, toucher, contacter
vulgar - vulgaire, obscene
rate - taux; taxer, évaluer, tarifaire, dividende, taux, rang
shillings - shillings; shilling
He made himself so killingly funny that he was the envy and admiration of the whole mangy rabble.
killingly - meurtriere
envy - l'envie; ; envie, jalousie, convoitise, envier
mangy - galeux
Tears of shame and indignation stood in the little monarch’s eyes; and the thought in his heart was, "Had I offered them a deep wrong they could not be more cruel-yet have I proffered nought but to do them a kindness-and it is thus they use me for it!"
proffered - proposée; offrir, entreprendre
Tramps - des clochards; clochard, va-nu-pieds, traînée, garce
The troop of vagabonds turned out at early dawn, and set forward on their march. There was a lowering sky overhead, sloppy ground under foot, and a winter chill in the air. All gaiety was gone from the company; some were sullen and silent, some were irritable and petulant, none were gentle-humoured, all were thirsty.
vagabonds - vagabonds; vagabond, vagabonde, vagabond, vagabonde
lowering - baissant; (lower) baissant
sloppy - mouillé, trop liquide, bâclé, négligé, lâche, large
irritable - irritable
petulant - pétulant
humoured - humilié; humour, humeur, disposition, humeur, amadouer
The Ruffler put ‘Jack’ in Hugo’s charge, with some brief instructions, and commanded John Canty to keep away from him and let him alone; he also warned Hugo not to be too rough with the lad.
keep away - garder a l'écart
After a while the weather grew milder, and the clouds lifted somewhat. The troop ceased to shiver, and their spirits began to improve. They grew more and more cheerful, and finally began to chaff each other and insult passengers along the highway. This showed that they were awaking to an appreciation of life and its joys once more. The dread in which their sort was held was apparent in the fact that everybody gave them the road, and took their ribald insolences meekly, without venturing to talk back.
milder - plus doux; doux, douce, léger, doux
clouds - nuages; s'obscurcir
more cheerful - plus joyeux
chaff - des paillettes; ; balle, bale
passengers - des passagers; passager
awaking - le réveil; (awake) le réveil
appreciation - l'appréciation; ; appréciation, estimation, évaluation
joys - joies; joie
apparent - apparente; ; apparent, visible, manifeste, criant, évident
ribald - ribald; ; grossier, vulgaire, grivois, paillard, balourd
insolences - insolences; insolence
venturing - s'aventurer; (venture); s'aventurer, risquer, oser
They snatched linen from the hedges, occasionally in full view of the owners, who made no protest, but only seemed grateful that they did not take the hedges, too.
hedges - des haies; haie
Occasionally - occasionnellement
owners - propriétaires; propriétaire
By-and-by they invaded a small farmhouse and made themselves at home while the trembling farmer and his people swept the larder clean to furnish a breakfast for them. They chucked the housewife and her daughters under the chin whilst receiving the food from their hands, and made coarse jests about them, accompanied with insulting epithets and bursts of horse-laughter. They threw bones and vegetables at the farmer and his sons, kept them dodging all the time, and applauded uproariously when a good hit was made. They ended by buttering the head of one of the daughters who resented some of their familiarities.
larder - garde-manger, cellier
furnish - meubler, fournir, livrer
chucked - jeté; balancer
housewife - maîtresse de maison, femme au foyer, mere au foyer, garce
chin - menton; menton
receiving - recevant; recevoir, recevoir, recevoir, recevoir
jests - jests; plaisanterie
insulting - insultant; insulter, insulte
epithets - épithetes; épithete, épithete, épithete
bursts - éclatements; éclater, faire éclater, rompre, briser, éclatement
dodging - l'esquive; éviter, contourner, esquiver, esquiver, éluder
uproariously - a l'arraché
buttering - beurrer; beurre
resented - s'est fait remarquer; s''offenser de qqch
familiarities - des familiarités; familiarité, familiarité, familiarité
When they took their leave they threatened to come back and burn the house over the heads of the family if any report of their doings got to the ears of the authorities.
threatened - menacé; menacer, menacer
authorities - autorités; autorité, autorité, autorité
About noon, after a long and weary tramp, the gang came to a halt behind a hedge on the outskirts of a considerable village. An hour was allowed for rest, then the crew scattered themselves abroad to enter the village at different points to ply their various trades-‘Jack’ was sent with Hugo. They wandered hither and thither for some time, Hugo watching for opportunities to do a stroke of business, but finding none-so he finally said-
hedge - couverture; haie
outskirts - périphérie; banlieue
enter - entrer, rench: t-needed r, taper, saisir
ply - ply; exercer (un métier)
opportunities - des opportunités; occasion, opportunité, occasion favorable
"I see nought to steal; it is a paltry place. Wherefore we will beg."
steal - voler, vol
"We, forsooth! Follow thy trade-it befits thee. But I will not beg."
befits - convient-il; convenir a, etre approprié pour
"Thou’lt not beg!" exclaimed Hugo, eyeing the King with surprise. "Prithee, since when hast thou reformed?"
reformed - réformé; réforme, réformer
"What dost thou mean?"
"Mean? Hast thou not begged the streets of London all thy life?"
"I? Thou idiot!"
"Spare thy compliments-thy stock will last the longer. Thy father says thou hast begged all thy days. Mayhap he lied. Peradventure you will even make so bold as to say he lied," scoffed Hugo.
spare - de rechange; épargner, loisirs, économiser
compliments - des compliments; compliment, complimenter, faire un compliment
stock - stock; provision, stockage, stock
"Him you call my father? Yes, he lied."
"Come, play not thy merry game of madman so far, mate; use it for thy amusement, not thy hurt. An’ I tell him this, he will scorch thee finely for it."
mate - compagnon; appareiller
scorch - bruler; ; roussir, bruler
"Save thyself the trouble. I will tell him."
"I like thy spirit, I do in truth; but I do not admire thy judgment. Bone-rackings and bastings be plenty enow in this life, without going out of one’s way to invite them. But a truce to these matters; I believe your father. I doubt not he can lie; I doubt not he doth lie, upon occasion, for the best of us do that; but there is no occasion here.
admire - admirer
invite - inviter; invitent, invitez, invetera, invitons, inviter
truce - treve; ; treve, cessez-le-feu
A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for nought. But come; sith it is thy humour to give over begging, wherewithal shall we busy ourselves? With robbing kitchens?"
commodity - produit de base; ; produit, bien, marchandise
give over - céder
ourselves - nous-memes; nous-meme
robbing - vol; voler, dévaliser
The King said, impatiently-
impatiently - avec impatience
"Have done with this folly-you weary me!"
Hugo replied, with temper-
"Now harkee, mate; you will not beg, you will not rob; so be it. But I will tell you what you will do. You will play decoy whilst I beg. Refuse, an’ you think you may venture!"
rob - rob; ravir, piller
decoy - leurre, appât, appâter, leurrer, piéger
refuse - refuser; refusons, refusent, refuser, refusez
The King was about to reply contemptuously, when Hugo said, interrupting-
contemptuously - avec mépris
"Peace! Here comes one with a kindly face. Now will I fall down in a fit. When the stranger runs to me, set you up a wail, and fall upon your knees, seeming to weep; then cry out as all the devils of misery were in your belly, and say, ‘Oh, sir, it is my poor afflicted brother, and we be friendless; o’ God’s name cast through your merciful eyes one pitiful look upon a sick, forsaken, and most miserable wretch; bestow one little penny out of thy riches upon one smitten of God and ready to perish!
fall down - tomber
wail - gémir; se lamenter
seeming - en apparence; paraissant; (seem); sembler, paraître, avoir l'air
weep - pleurer; pleurez, pleurons, pleurer, pleurent
pitiful - pitoyable
most miserable - le plus malheureux
wretch - malheureux; malheureux/-euse
bestow - disposer de, accorder, remettre, conférer, donner en mariage
-and Mind you, keep you on wailing, and abate not till we bilk him of his penny, else shall you rue it."
Mind you - Vous voulez bien
wailing - gémissements; (wail) gémissements
abate - réduire; alléger, amoindrir
bilk - bilk; ; laisser tomber (quelqu'un)
Then immediately Hugo began to moan, and groan, and roll his eyes, and reel and totter about; and when the stranger was close at hand, down he sprawled before him, with a shriek, and began to writhe and wallow in the dirt, in seeming agony.
roll - rouler; petit pain, enroulez, roulons, enroulent, roulez
reel - reel, bobine, enrouleur, embobiner, enrouler, tituber
totter - totter; ; tituber, chute, écroulement
shriek - cri; ; hurlement, crier
writhe - se tordre; ; se débattre, se démener, se tortiller
agony - l'agonie; ; agonie, angoisse
"O, dear, O dear!" cried the benevolent stranger, "O poor soul, poor soul, how he doth suffer! There-let me help thee up."
benevolent - bienveillante; ; bienveillant
"O noble sir, forbear, and God love you for a princely gentleman-but it giveth me cruel pain to touch me when I am taken so. My brother there will tell your worship how I am racked with anguish when these fits be upon me. A penny, dear sir, a penny, to buy a little food; then leave me to my sorrows."
racked - en rack; porte-outils, étagere, porte-bagages, etc
fits - s'adapte; en forme
"A penny! thou shalt have three, thou hapless creature,"-and he fumbled in his pocket with nervous haste and got them out. "There, poor lad, take them and most welcome. Now come hither, my boy, and help me carry thy stricken brother to yon house, where-"
hapless - malheureux, infortuné, malchanceux
fumbled - a trébuché; tâtonner
nervous - nerveux
haste - hâte
most welcome - sont les bienvenues
yon - celui la
"I am not his brother," said the King, interrupting.
"What! not his brother?"
"Oh, hear him!" groaned Hugo, then privately ground his teeth. "He denies his own brother-and he with one foot in the grave!"
groaned - gémi; râle, râlement, gémissement, grognement, grondement
denies - nie; nier, démentir, refuser
"Boy, thou art indeed hard of heart, if this is thy brother. For shame!-and he scarce able to move hand or foot. If he is not thy brother, who is he, then?"
scarce - rare
"A beggar and a thief! He has got your money and has picked your pocket likewise. An’ thou would’st do a healing miracle, lay thy staff over his shoulders and trust Providence for the rest."
trust - confiance, trust, faire confiance, avoir foi en quelqu’un
But Hugo did not tarry for the miracle. In a moment he was up and off like the wind, the gentleman following after and raising the hue and cry lustily as he went. The King, breathing deep gratitude to Heaven for his own release, fled in the opposite direction, and did not slacken his pace until he was out of harm’s reach. He took the first road that offered, and soon put the village behind him.
hue and cry - un tollé
lustily - luxurieux
opposite direction - dans la direction opposée
He hurried along, as briskly as he could, during several hours, keeping a nervous watch over his shoulder for pursuit; but his fears left him at last, and a grateful sense of security took their place. He recognised, now, that he was hungry, and also very tired. So he halted at a farmhouse; but when he was about to speak, he was cut short and driven rudely away. His clothes were against him.
Security - la sécurité; ; sécurité, sécurisant, titre négociable
cut short - coupé court
He wandered on, wounded and indignant, and was resolved to put himself in the way of like treatment no more. But hunger is pride’s master; so, as the evening drew near, he made an attempt at another farmhouse; but here he fared worse than before; for he was called hard names and was promised arrest as a vagrant except he moved on promptly.
arrest - l'arrestation; ; arrestation, arreter
vagrant - vagabond; itinérant/-e, vagabond/-e
The night came on, chilly and overcast; and still the footsore monarch laboured slowly on.
chilly - frisquet
overcast - nuageux, couvert
footsore - éclopé
He was obliged to Keep moving, for every time he sat down to rest he was soon penetrated to the bone with the cold. All his sensations and experiences, as he moved through the solemn gloom and the empty vastness of the night, were new and strange to him. At intervals he heard voices approach, pass by, and fade into silence; and as he saw nothing more of the bodies they belonged to than a sort of formless drifting blur, there was something spectral and uncanny about it all that made him shudder. Occasionally he caught the twinkle of a light-always far away, apparently-almost in another world; if he heard the tinkle of a sheep’s bell, it was vague, distant, indistinct; the muffled lowing of the herds floated to him on the night wind in vanishing cadences, a mournful sound; now and then came the complaining howl of a dog over viewless expanses of field and forest; all sounds were remote; they made the little King feel that all life and activity were far removed from him, and that he stood solitary, companionless, in the centre of a measureless solitude.
Keep moving - Continuer a avancer
penetrated - pénétré; pénétrer
gloom - obscurité, pénombre, grisaille, morosité, noirceur
vastness - l'immensité; ; immensité
pass by - passer
fade - s'estomper; déteignez, déteindre, déteins, déteignons
formless - sans forme, informe
blur - estomper, brouiller, s'estomper, flou, tache, salissure, marque
spectral - spectrale; ; spectral, spectral?
uncanny - déroutant, déroutante, étrange, troublant
tinkle - tinkle; ; tinter, tintement
lowing - l'abaissement; (low) l'abaissement
herds - troupeaux; troupeau
floated - flotté; flotter, flotter, flotter, flotter, flotter, flotter
vanishing - en voie de disparition; (vanish); disparaître, s'évanouir
cadences - cadences; cadence
mournful - triste; ; affligé, éploré, mélancolique, lugubre
complaining - se plaindre; (complain); se plaindre, porter plainte
howl - hurlement, hurler
viewless - sans visibilité
remote - a distance; ; distant, éloigné, télécommande
companionless - sans compagnon
solitude - la solitude; ; solitude
He stumbled along, through the gruesome fascinations of this new experience, startled occasionally by the soft rustling of the dry leaves overhead, so like human whispers they seemed to sound; and by-and-by he came suddenly upon the freckled light of a tin lantern near at hand. He stepped back into the shadows and waited. The lantern stood by the open door of a barn. The King waited some time-there was no sound, and nobody stirring. He got so cold, standing still, and the hospitable barn looked so enticing, that at last he resolved to risk everything and enter. He started swiftly and stealthily, and just as he was crossing the threshold he heard voices behind him.
rustling - bruissement; (rustle); bruissement, froufrou, froufrouter
freckled - des taches de rousseur; tache de rousseur
lantern - lanterne
stirring - l'agitation; ; passionnant
hospitable - hospitalier
enticing - séduisante; ; aguicheur; (entice); appâter, attirer
Crossing - carrefour, croisement, traversée; (cross); croix
threshold - seuil, seuil de tolérance
He darted behind a cask, within the barn, and stooped down. Two farm-labourers came in, bringing the lantern with them, and fell to work, talking meanwhile. Whilst they moved about with the light, the King made good use of his eyes and took the bearings of what seemed to be a good-sized stall at the further end of the place, purposing to grope his way to it when he should be left to himself. He also noted the position of a pile of horse blankets, midway of the route, with the intent to levy upon them for the service of the crown of England for one night.
darted - dardé; dard, fleche
cask - tonneau, fut, barrique
stooped - vouté; se baisser
Meanwhile - pendant ce temps
stall - décrochage; écurie, standing, étable
purposing - a dessein; but, objet
grope - se frotter; ; tâter, tâtonner, tripoter, peloter
midway - a mi-parcours; a mi-chemin
route - itinéraire; parcours, chemin, acheminement
intent - l'intention; ; intention, résolu, déterminé, buté
levy - prélevement; levée
By-and-by the men finished and went away, fastening the door behind them and taking the lantern with them. The shivering King made for the blankets, with as Good speed as the darkness would allow; gathered them up, and then groped his way safely to the stall. Of two of the blankets he made a bed, then covered himself with the remaining two.
went away - est parti
fastening - fermeture; liage, fermeture; (fasten); attacher, fixer
shivering - des frissons; (shiver) des frissons
Good speed - Bonne vitesse
darkness - l'obscurité; ; obscurité, ténebres
allow - laisser, accorder, permettre
groped - tripoté; tâter, tâtonner, tâtonner, tripoter, peloter
safely - prudemment, en toute sécurité
He was a glad monarch, now, though the blankets were old and thin, and not quite warm enough; and besides gave out a pungent horsey odour that was almost suffocatingly powerful.
gave out - a donné
pungent - âcre, pointu, piquant
horsey - chevaux
odour - odeur; odeur
suffocatingly - de maniere étouffante
powerful - puissant
Although the King was hungry and chilly, he was also so tired and so drowsy that these latter influences soon began to get the advantage of the former, and he presently dozed off into a state of semi-consciousness. Then, just as he was on the point of losing himself wholly, he distinctly felt something touch him! He was broad awake in a moment, and gasping for breath. The cold horror of that mysterious touch in the dark almost made his heart stand still. He lay motionless, and listened, scarcely breathing. But nothing stirred, and there was no sound. He continued to listen, and wait, during what seemed a long time, but still nothing stirred, and there was no sound. So he began to drop into a drowse once more, at last; and all at once he felt that mysterious touch again! It was a grisly thing, this light touch from this noiseless and invisible presence; it made the boy sick with ghostly fears.
drowsy - ensommeillé, somnolent, soporifique, stupide
influences - influences; influence, influence, influencer, influer
dozed - s'est assoupi; sommeiller
semi - semi
distinctly - distinctement
gasping - haletant; (gasp); retenir son souffle, haleter, ahaner
mysterious - mystérieux
stand still - rester immobile
drowse - somnoler, somnolence
noiseless - sans bruit; ; silencieux
sick with - malade
ghostly - fantomatique
What should he do? That was the question; but he did not know how to answer it. Should he leave these reasonably comfortable quarters and fly from this inscrutable horror? But fly whither? He could not get out of the barn; and the idea of scurrying blindly hither and thither in the dark, within the captivity of the four walls, with this phantom gliding after him, and visiting him with that soft hideous touch upon cheek or shoulder at every turn, was intolerable. But to stay where he was, and endure this living death all night-was that better? No. What, then, was there left to do? Ah, there was but one course; he knew it well-he must put out his hand and find that thing!
reasonably - raisonnablement
inscrutable - impénétrable
scurrying - se précipiter; détaler, se sauver
blindly - aveuglément; ; a l’aveuglette
phantom - fantôme
gliding - le vol a voile; ; vol a voile; (glide); glisser, planer
intolerable - intolérable
living death - la mort vivante
It was easy to think this; but it was hard to brace himself up to try it. Three times he stretched his hand a little way out into the dark, gingerly; and snatched it suddenly back, with a gasp-not because it had encountered anything, but because he had felt so sure it was just going to. But the fourth time, he groped a little further, and his hand lightly swept against something soft and warm. This petrified him, nearly, with fright; his mind was in such a state that he could imagine the thing to be nothing else than a corpse, newly dead and still warm. He thought he would rather die than touch it again. But he thought this false thought because he did not know the immortal strength of human curiosity.
brace - l'orthese; ; toise, fiche, doublé, brasser, consolider
gingerly - avec précaution; ; doucement, précautionneusement
gasp - haletant; ; retenir son souffle, haleter, ahaner, haletement
lightly - légerement; ; légerement
Petrified - pétrifié; pétrifier, pétrifier, pétrifier
corpse - cadavre, corps, corps sans vie
newly - nouvellement, récemment
immortal - immortel, inoubliable
In no long time his hand was tremblingly groping again-against his judgment, and without his consent-but groping persistently on, just the same. It encountered a bunch of long hair; he shuddered, but followed up the hair and found what seemed to be a warm rope; followed up the rope and found an innocent calf!-for the rope was not a rope at all, but the calf’s tail.
tremblingly - en tremblant
groping - tripotage; tâter, tâtonner, tâtonner, tripoter, peloter
persistently - de façon persistante
bunch - bunch; ; groupe, bouquet, botte, grappe, bande, peloton, tas
calf - veau; mollet
The King was cordially ashamed of himself for having gotten all that fright and misery out of so paltry a matter as a slumbering calf; but he need not have felt so about it, for it was not the calf that frightened him, but a dreadful non-existent something which the calf stood for; and any other boy, in those old superstitious times, would have acted and suffered just as he had done.
ashamed - honteux
gotten - obtenu
non - non
existent - existent; ; existant
acted - agi; acte, acte, loi, acte, action, acte, acte, acte, agir
The King was not only delighted to find that the creature was only a calf, but delighted to have the calf’s company; for he had been feeling so lonesome and friendless that the company and comradeship of even this humble animal were welcome. And he had been so buffeted, so rudely entreated by his own kind, that it was a real comfort to him to feel that he was at last in the society of a fellow-creature that had at least a soft heart and a gentle spirit, whatever loftier attributes might be lacking.
lonesome - solitaire
comradeship - la camaraderie; ; camaraderie
entreated - demandé; supplier
Society - la société; ; société
loftier - plus élevé; haut
attributes - attributs; attribut, épithete or déterminant
be lacking - faire défaut
So he resolved to waive rank and make friends with the calf.
waive - renoncer (a)
make friends - se faire des amis
While stroking its sleek warm back-for it lay near him and within easy reach-it occurred to him that this calf might be utilised in more ways than one.
stroking - la caresse; (stroke) la caresse
sleek - élégant; ; brillant, luisant, lisse, lisse
utilised - utilisé; utiliser
Whereupon he re-arranged his bed, spreading it down close to the calf; then he cuddled himself up to the calf’s back, drew the covers up over himself and his friend, and in a minute or two was as warm and comfortable as he had ever been in the downy couches of the regal palace of Westminster.
arranged - arrangé; arranger, organiser
cuddled - câliné; câlin, câliner, cajoler
downy - duveteux
couches - canapés; canapé
Pleasant thoughts came at once; life took on a cheerfuller seeming. He was free of the bonds of servitude and crime, free of the companionship of base and brutal outlaws; he was warm; he was sheltered; in a word, he was happy. The night wind was rising; it swept by in fitful gusts that made the old barn quake and rattle, then its forces died down at intervals, and went moaning and wailing around corners and projections-but it was all music to the King, now that he was snug and comfortable: let it blow and rage, let it batter and bang, let it moan and wail, he minded it not, he only enjoyed it.
cheerfuller - plus joyeux; joyeux, content, de bonne humeur
Bonds - les obligations; lien
servitude - la servitude; ; servage, servitude
brutal - brutal
outlaws - des hors-la-loi; hors-la-loi
fitful - irréguliere; ; irrégulier, sporadique
gusts - des rafales; rafale
rattle - cliquetis; claquer, pétarade, ferrailler
forces - forces; force
moaning - gémissements; gémissement, se plaindre, geindre, gémir, mugir
corners - coins; coin, coin, coin, rencogner, piéger, acculer
projections - des projections; saillie, projection, projection, projection
batter - pâte a frire; battre
bang - bang; détonation
He merely snuggled the closer to his friend, in a luxury of warm contentment, and drifted blissfully out of consciousness into a deep and dreamless sleep that was full of serenity and peace. The distant dogs howled, the melancholy kine complained, and the winds went on raging, whilst furious sheets of rain drove along the roof; but the Majesty of England slept on, undisturbed, and the calf did the same, it being a simple creature, and not easily troubled by storms or embarrassed by sleeping with a king.
merely - simplement, uniquement, seulement
snuggled - blottis; se blottir (contre), se pelotonner, se lover
luxury - le luxe; ; luxe
blissfully - avec bonheur; ; bienheureusement
dreamless - sans reve
serenity - la sérénité; ; sérénité, sérénité
howled - hurlé; hurlement, hurler
kine - kine
raging - enragée; rage, furie, fureur, courroux, rager, faire rage
sheets - feuilles; feuille, plaque, feuille, écoute
slept on - dormi
undisturbed - sans etre dérangé
peasants - paysans; paysan, paysanne, paysan, paysanne, rustique
When the King awoke in the early morning, he found that a wet but thoughtful rat had crept into the place during the night and made a cosy bed for itself in his bosom. Being disturbed now, it scampered away. The boy smiled, and said, "Poor fool, why so fearful? I am as forlorn as thou.
cosy - douillet, douillette, peinard
bosom - poitrine; ; sein, intime
scampered - escroqué; détaler
fearful - effrayant, redoutable, peureux, craintif, terrible, affreux
’Twould be a sham in me to hurt the helpless, who am myself so helpless. Moreover, I owe you thanks for a good omen; for when a king has fallen so low that the very rats do make a bed of him, it surely meaneth that his fortunes be upon the turn, since it is plain he can no lower go."
sham - simulacre; simili
Moreover - de plus, en plus, au surplus, en outre
owe - doit; ; devoir
omen - un mauvais présage; ; présage
make a bed - faire un lit
meaneth - signifie
fortunes - fortune; destin, bonne chance, fortune
He got up and stepped out of the stall, and just then he heard the sound of children’s voices. The barn door opened and a couple of little girls came in. As soon as they saw him their talking and laughing ceased, and they stopped and stood still, gazing at him with strong curiosity; they presently began to whisper together, then they approached nearer, and stopped again to gaze and whisper. By-and-by they gathered courage and began to discuss him aloud.
stepped out - sorti
gazing at - a regarder
One said-
"He hath a comely face."
The other added-
"And pretty hair."
"But is ill clothed enow."
"And how starved he looketh."
"Who art thou, boy?"
"I am the King," was the grave answer.
The children gave a little start, and their eyes spread themselves wide open and remained so during a speechless half minute. Then curiosity broke the silence-
"The King? What King?"
"The King of England."
The children looked at each other-then at him-then at each other again-wonderingly, perplexedly; then one said-
wonderingly - avec étonnement
"Didst hear him, Margery?-he said he is the King. Can that be true?"
"How can it be else but true, Prissy? Would he say a lie? For look you, Prissy, an’ it were not true, it would be a lie. It surely would be. Now think on’t. For all things that be not true, be lies-thou canst make nought else out of it."
It was a good tight argument, without a leak in it anywhere; and it left Prissy’s half-doubts not a leg to stand on. She considered a moment, then put the King upon his honour with the simple remark-
tight - serré, tendu, ivre, bien
leak - fuite, voie d'eau, fuite, taupe, fuir
"If thou art truly the King, then I believe thee."
"I am truly the King."
This settled the matter.
His Majesty’s royalty was accepted without further question or discussion, and the two little girls began at once to inquire into how he came to be where he was, and how he came to be so unroyally clad, and whither he was bound, and all about his affairs. It was a mighty relief to him to pour out his troubles where they would not be scoffed at or doubted; so he told his tale with feeling, forgetting even his hunger for the time; and it was received with the deepest and tenderest sympathy by the gentle little maids. But when he got down to his latest experiences and they learned how long he had been without food, they cut him short and hurried him away to the farmhouse to find a breakfast for him.
accepted - acceptée; accepter, accepter (de), prendre sur soi
discussion - discussion
unroyally - de façon déloyale
pour out - verser
scoffed at - dont on se moque
doubted - douté; douter, doute
deepest - le plus profond; profond, épais, profond, grave, foncé, foncée
tenderest - le plus tendre; tendre
maids - servantes; demoiselle, jeune fille, bonne, bonne a tout faire
The King was cheerful and happy now, and said to himself, "When I am come to mine own again, I will always honour little children, remembering how that these trusted me and believed in me in my time of trouble; whilst they that were older, and thought themselves wiser, mocked at me and held me for a liar."
cheerful - joyeux, content, de bonne humeur
mocked - moqué; imitation, succédané, moquerie, examen blanc, imiter
liar - menteur, menteuse
The children’s mother received the King kindly, and was full of pity; for his forlorn condition and apparently crazed intellect touched her womanly heart.
crazed - fou; engouement
womanly - féminine; ; féminin
She was a widow, and rather poor; consequently she had seen trouble enough to enable her to feel for the unfortunate. She imagined that the demented boy had wandered away from his friends or keepers; so she tried to find out whence he had come, in order that she might take measures to return him; but all her references to neighbouring towns and villages, and all her inquiries in the same line went for nothing-the boy’s face, and his answers, too, showed that the things she was talking of were not familiar to him. He spoke earnestly and simply about court matters, and broke down, more than once, when speaking of the late King ‘his father’; but whenever the conversation changed to baser topics, he lost interest and became silent.
widow - veuve
enable - autoriser, permettre, activer
take measures - prendre des mesures
references - références; référence, recommandation, référence, référence
became silent - est devenu silencieux
The woman was mightily puzzled; but she did not give up. As she proceeded with her cooking, she set herself to contriving devices to surprise the boy into betraying his real secret. She talked about cattle-he showed no concern; then about sheep-the same result: so her guess that he had been a shepherd boy was an error; she talked about mills; and about weavers, tinkers, smiths, trades and tradesmen of all sorts; and about Bedlam, and jails, and charitable retreats: but no matter, she was baffled at all points. Not altogether, either; for she argued that she had narrowed the thing down to domestic service. Yes, she was sure she was on the right track, now; he must have been a house servant.
contriving - contrition; combiner, inventer
cattle - du bétail; ; bétail, bovins
shepherd - berger, bergere, pasteur, pâtre
error - erreur, vice, etre en erreur, planter
mills - moulins; moulin
weavers - les tisserands; tisserand, tisserande, tisseur, tisseuse
tinkers - les bricoleurs; bricoler, bidouiller, magouiller, traficoter
smiths - des forgerons; Lefevre, Lefébure, Lefebvre
tradesmen - les commerçants; artisan
jails - prisons; prison, geôle
retreats - retraites; battre en retraite
baffled - déconcerté; déconcerter, dérouter
argued - argumenté; affirmer, débattre, se disputer, se quereller
narrowed - rétréci; étroit
domestic - domestique, amily, intérieur
So she led up to that. But the result was discouraging. The subject of sweeping appeared to weary him; fire-building failed to stir him; scrubbing and scouring awoke no enthusiasm. The goodwife touched, with a perishing hope, and rather as a matter of form, upon the subject of cooking. To her surprise, and her vast delight, the King’s face lighted at once! Ah, she had hunted him down at last, she thought; and she was right proud, too, of the devious shrewdness and tact which had accomplished it.
discouraging - décourageant; décourager, dissuader
scrubbing - le récurage; frotter (a la brosse)
scouring - le décapage; (scour) le décapage
perishing - en voie de disparition; périr, périr, périr
devious - rusé, roublard, sournois
shrewdness - l'astuce
accomplished - accompli; accomplir, accomplir, accomplir
Her tired tongue got a chance to rest, now; for the King’s, inspired by gnawing hunger and the fragrant smells that came from the sputtering pots and pans, turned itself loose and delivered itself up to such an eloquent dissertation upon certain toothsome dishes, that within three minutes the woman said to herself, "Of a truth I was right-he hath holpen in a kitchen!" Then he broadened his bill of fare, and discussed it with such appreciation and animation, that the goodwife said to herself, "Good lack! how can he know so many dishes, and so fine ones withal?
inspired - inspirée; inspirer, inspirer, inspirer
gnawing - ronger; tenaillant; (gnaw); ronger, harceler, préoccuper
smells - odeurs; odeur, t+parfum, t+gout, odorat, sentir, t+humer
sputtering - des crachotements; (sputter); postillonner, pulvériser, revetir
pots - des casseroles; pot
pans - casseroles; casserole, poele
eloquent - éloquent
dissertation - dissertation
toothsome - succulent
broadened - élargi; élargir, élargir
bill of fare - le tarif
For these belong only upon the tables of the rich and great. Ah, now I see! ragged outcast as he is, he must have served in the palace before his reason went astray; yes, he must have helped in the very kitchen of the King himself! I will test him."
Full of eagerness to prove her sagacity, she told the King to mind the cooking a moment-hinting that he might manufacture and add a dish or two, if he chose; then she went out of the room and gave her children a sign to follow after. The King muttered-
hinting - l'allusion; indication, soupçon, faire allusion
manufacture - fabrication; ; production, produit, fabriquer, produire
"Another English king had a commission like to this, in a bygone time-it is nothing against my dignity to undertake an office which the great Alfred stooped to assume. But I will try to better serve my trust than he; for he let the cakes burn."
bygone - révolu; ; d'autrefois, passé, évenement passé
undertake - entreprendre
assume - supposer, présupposer, présumer, assumer, adopter, prendre
The intent was good, but the performance was not answerable to it, for this King, like the other one, soon fell into deep thinkings concerning his vast affairs, and the same calamity resulted-the cookery got burned. The woman returned in time to save the breakfast from entire destruction; and she promptly brought the King out of his dreams with a brisk and cordial tongue-lashing.
performance - exécution, performance, représentation, prestation
answerable - répondre
cookery - la cuisine
entire - entiere; ; entier, entiere
cordial - cordial; ; sirop
Then, seeing how troubled he was over his violated trust, she softened at once, and was all goodness and gentleness toward him.
violated - violé; violer, transgresser
softened - adoucie; adoucir
The boy made a hearty and satisfying meal, and was greatly refreshed and gladdened by it. It was a meal which was distinguished by this curious feature, that rank was waived on both sides; yet neither recipient of the favour was aware that it had been extended. The goodwife had intended to feed this young tramp with broken victuals in a corner, like any other tramp or like a dog; but she was so remorseful for the scolding she had given him, that she did what she could to atone for it by allowing him to sit at the family table and eat with his betters, on ostensible terms of equality with them; and the King, on his side, was so remorseful for having broken his trust, after the family had been so kind to him, that he forced himself to atone for it by humbling himself to the family level, instead of requiring the woman and her children to stand and wait upon him, while he occupied their table in the solitary state due to his birth and dignity.
satisfying - satisfaisant; satisfaire
gladdened - réjoui; réjouir
distinguished - distingué; distinguer, distinguer, distinguer
feature - fonction
waived - renoncé; renoncer (a)
recipient - receveur, receveuse, destinataire, récipiendaire
extended - étendu; étendre, prolonger
remorseful - des remords
scolding - gronder; grognant; (scold); chipie, furie, mégere, gronder
atone - expier
allowing - permettant; laisser, accorder, accorder, permettre, laisser
ostensible - ostensible
terms - conditions; peine, mandat, période
equality - l'égalité; ; égalité
humbling - l'humilité; (humble) l'humilité
requiring - exigeant; requérant; (require); exiger, demander
It does us all good to unbend sometimes. This good woman was made happy all the day long by the applauses which she got out of herself for her magnanimous condescension to a tramp; and the King was just as self-complacent over his gracious humility toward a humble peasant woman.
unbend - se défaire; ; redresser, se détendre
applauses - des applaudissements; applaudissement, acclamation
magnanimous - magnanime
complacent - complaisant
humility - l'humilité; ; humilité
peasant - paysan, paysanne, rustique
When breakfast was over, the housewife told the King to wash up the dishes. This command was a staggerer, for a moment, and the King came near rebelling; but then he said to himself, "Alfred the Great watched the cakes; doubtless he would have washed the dishes too-therefore will I essay it."
wash up - se laver
staggerer - staggerer
rebelling - se rebeller; (rebel) se rebeller
essay - essai; manipulation, these, traité, gradin
He made a sufficiently poor job of it; and to his surprise too, for the cleaning of wooden spoons and trenchers had seemed an easy thing to do. It was a tedious and troublesome piece of work, but he finished it at last. He was becoming impatient to get away on his journey now; however, he was not to lose this thrifty dame’s society so easily. She furnished him some little odds and ends of employment, which he got through with after a fair fashion and with some credit.
spoons - cuilleres; cuillere
tedious - fastidieux, laborieux
thrifty - économe
employment - l'emploi; ; emploi, travail
credit - crédit, mérite, reconnaissance, attribution, générique
Then she set him and the little girls to paring some winter apples; but he was so awkward at this service that she retired him from it and gave him a butcher knife to grind.
paring - paring; (par) paring
awkward - maladroit, gauche, embarrassant, inconvenant
butcher - boucher; boucher, charcutier, abattre; (butch); hommasse
grind - broyage; crisser, moudre
Afterwards she kept him carding wool until he began to think he had laid the good King Alfred about far enough in the shade for the present in the matter of showy menial heroisms that would read picturesquely in story-books and histories, and so he was half-minded to resign. And when, just after the noonday dinner, the goodwife gave him a basket of kittens to drown, he did resign.
Wool - laine
showy - voyante; ; tape-a-l’oil
heroisms - les héroismes; héroisme
resign - démissionner; résignent, résignez, résignons, abdiquer, résigner
noonday - midi
basket - panier
kittens - des chatons; chaton, blaireautin
drown - se noyer; ; noyer, checksubmerger
At least he was just going to resign-for he felt that he must draw the line somewhere, and it seemed to him that to draw it at kitten-drowning was about the right thing-when there was an interruption. The interruption was John Canty-with a peddler’s pack on his back-and Hugo.
kitten - chaton, blaireautin
peddler - colporteur, marchand ambulant
The King discovered these rascals approaching the front gate before they had had a chance to see him; so he said nothing about drawing the line, but took up his basket of kittens and stepped quietly out the back way, without a word. He left the creatures in an out-house, and hurried on, into a narrow lane at the rear.
rascals - des vauriens; racaille, canaille, coquin, crapule, filou
quietly - paisablement, tranquillement, quietement
rear - arriere; verso, élever
The high hedge hid him from the house, now; and so, under the impulse of a deadly fright, he let out all his forces and sped toward a wood in the distance. He never looked back until he had almost gained the shelter of the forest; then he turned and descried two figures in the distance. That was sufficient; he did not wait to scan them critically, but hurried on, and never abated his pace till he was far within the twilight depths of the wood. Then he stopped; being persuaded that he was now tolerably safe. He listened intently, but the stillness was profound and solemn-awful, even, and depressing to the spirits. At wide intervals his straining ear did detect sounds, but they were so remote, and hollow, and mysterious, that they seemed not to be real sounds, but only the moaning and complaining ghosts of departed ones.
let out - laissé sortir
sped - sped; vitesse
Gained - gagné; gagner
descried - décrite; percevoir
scan - scanner, fouiller, numériser, scander, scan
critically - de maniere critique
abated - supprimée; diminuer, baisser, dévaloriser (
depths - profondeurs; profondeur, épaisseur
intently - attentivement
straining - la tension; (strain) la tension
hollow - creux; cavez, caver, cavent, cavons
ghosts - fantômes; fantôme, t+spectre, t+esprit, t+revenant
So the sounds were yet more dreary than the silence which they interrupted.
And how glad he was when at last he caught the glimmer of a light! He approached it warily, stopping often to look about him and listen. It came from an unglazed window-opening in a shabby little hut. He heard a voice, now, and felt a disposition to run and hide; but he changed his mind at once, for this voice was praying, evidently. He glided to the one window of the hut, raised himself on tiptoe, and stole a glance within. The room was small; its floor was the natural earth, beaten hard by use; in a corner was a bed of rushes and a ragged blanket or two; near it was a pail, a cup, a basin, and two or three pots and pans; there was a short bench and a three-legged stool; on the hearth the remains of a faggot fire were smouldering; before a shrine, which was lighted by a single candle, knelt an aged man, and on an old wooden box at his side lay an open book and a human skull.
glimmer - l'éclat; ; lueur, émettre une lueur
unglazed - non émaillé
hut - hutte; hutte, chaumiere, cabane
disposition - disposition, tempérament
praying - priant; (pray) priant
glided - glissé; glisser, planer
on tiptoe - sur la pointe des pieds
rushes - des joncs; se précipiter, emmener d''urgence
pail - seau; seau
Bench - banc; banc, établi, banquette
stool - tabouret; tabouret
hearth - âtre, foyer, foyers
faggot - pédé; ; fagot
smouldering - couvant; (smoulder) couvant
shrine - sanctuaire, lieu saint, châsse
skull - crâne; crane, crâne
The man was of large, bony frame; his hair and whiskers were very long and snowy white; he was clothed in a robe of sheepskins which reached from his neck to his heels.
bony - osseux
sheepskins - peaux de mouton; peau de mouton
"A holy hermit!" said the King to himself; "now am I indeed fortunate."
The hermit rose from his knees; the King knocked. A deep voice responded-
knocked - frappé; coup, frapper
"Enter!-but leave sin behind, for the ground whereon thou shalt stand is holy!"
whereon - ou; ; au dessus de quoi
The King entered, and paused. The hermit turned a pair of gleaming, unrestful eyes upon him, and said-
paused - en pause; pauser, pause
gleaming - étincelante; ; brillant; (gleam) étincelante; ; brillant
unrestful - agité
"Who art thou?"
"I am the King," came the answer, with placid simplicity.
placid - placide
"Welcome, King!" cried the hermit, with enthusiasm. Then, bustling about with feverish activity, and constantly saying, "Welcome, welcome," he arranged his bench, seated the King on it, by the hearth, threw some faggots on the fire, and finally fell to pacing the floor with a nervous stride.
bustling - en pleine effervescence; ; animé
feverish - fébrile; ; fiévreux
faggots - pédés; fagot, fagot
pacing - le rythme; pas
"Welcome! Many have sought sanctuary here, but they were not worthy, and were turned away. But a King who casts his crown away, and despises the vain splendours of his office, and clothes his body in rags, to devote his life to holiness and the mortification of the flesh-he is worthy, he is welcome!-here shall he abide all his days till death come." The King hastened to interrupt and explain, but the hermit paid no attention to him-did not even hear him, apparently, but went right on with his talk, with a raised voice and a growing energy. "And thou shalt be at peace here. None shall find out thy refuge to disquiet thee with supplications to return to that empty and foolish life which God hath moved thee to abandon.
sanctuary - refuge, réserve, asile, sanctuaire
casts - les plâtres; jeter, diriger, jeter, lancer, additionner, sommer
despises - méprise; mépriser, dédaigner
devote - dévote; ; consacrer, vouer
holiness - la sainteté; ; sainteté
abide - se maintenir; ; endurer, tolérer, supporter, souffrir, rester
till death - jusqu'a la mort
hastened - s'est hâté; dépecher
interrupt - interrompre, couper
attention - attention, attention, attentions, garde a vous
refuge - refuge
abandon - abandonner; renoncer, abandonnent, abandonnons, délaisser
Thou shalt pray here; thou shalt study the Book; thou shalt meditate upon the follies and delusions of this world, and upon the sublimities of the world to come; thou shalt feed upon crusts and herbs, and scourge thy body with whips, daily, to the purifying of thy soul. Thou shalt wear a hair shirt next thy skin; thou shalt drink water only; and thou shalt be at peace; yes, wholly at peace; for whoso comes to seek thee shall go his way again, baffled; he shall not find thee, he shall not molest thee."
meditate - méditer
delusions - des illusions; illusion, délire
sublimities - des sublimités; sublimité
herbs - des herbes; herbe, herbes-p, plante médicinale, herbe
scourge - fléau, écourgée, fouet, fouetter
whips - des fouets; fouet, whip, fouetter, flageller, défaire, battre
purifying - la purification; purifier, purifier
skin - la peau; ; peau, apparence, écorcher, égratigner, dépouiller
The old man, still pacing back and forth, ceased to speak aloud, and began to mutter. The King seized this opportunity to state his case; and he did it with an eloquence inspired by uneasiness and apprehension. But the hermit went on muttering, and gave no heed. And still muttering, he approached the King and said impressively-
eloquence - l'éloquence; ; éloquence
heed - attention, observer, surveiller, preter attention
impressively - de maniere impressionnante
"‘Sh! I will tell you a secret!" He bent down to impart it, but checked himself, and assumed a listening attitude. After a moment or two he went on tiptoe to the window-opening, put his head out, and peered around in the gloaming, then came tiptoeing back again, put his face close down to the King’s, and whispered-
impart - donner, communiquer, transmettre
assumed - supposé; supposer, présupposer, présumer, assumer, adopter
attitude - posture, état d'esprit, attitude
peered - regardé; pair
gloaming - l'obscurité; crepecrépuscule
tiptoeing - sur la pointe des pieds; pointe des piedieds
"I am an archangel!"
Archangel - l'archange; ; archange
The King started violently, and said to himself, "Would God I were with the outlaws again; for lo, now am I the prisoner of a madman!" His apprehensions were heightened, and they showed plainly in his face. In a low excited voice the hermit continued-
violently - violemment
heightened - renforcée; hausser, hausser
"I see you feel my atmosphere! There’s awe in your face! None may be in this atmosphere and not be thus affected; for it is the very atmosphere of heaven. I go thither and return, in the twinkling of an eye. I was made an archangel on this very spot, it is five years ago, by angels sent from heaven to confer that awful dignity. Their presence filled this place with an intolerable brightness. And they knelt to me, King! yes, they knelt to me! for I was greater than they. I have walked in the courts of heaven, and held speech with the patriarchs. Touch my hand-be not afraid-touch it. There-now thou hast touched a hand which has been clasped by Abraham and Isaac and Jacob! For I have walked in the golden courts; I have seen the Deity face to face!
affected - affectée; affecter
in the twinkling of an eye - en un clin d'oil
spot - spot; ; tache, bouton, peu, endroit, zone, détecter, trouver
confer - se concerter; ; conférer, accorder, décerner
place with - place avec
brightness - brillance, luminosité, intelligence
Courts - les tribunaux; cour, cour, cour, cour, cour, cour, tribunal
patriarchs - patriarches; patriarche, patriarche
Abraham - abraham; Abraham, Abraham, Abraham
Isaac - isaac; Isaac, Isaac
Jacob - jacob; Jacob, Jacob, Jacques
Deity - la divinité; ; déité, divinité
He paused, to give this speech effect; then his face suddenly changed, and he started to his feet again saying, with angry energy, "Yes, I am an archangel; a mere archangel!-I that might have been pope! It is verily true. I was told it from heaven in a dream, twenty years ago; ah, yes, I was to be pope!-and I should have been pope, for Heaven had said it-but the King dissolved my religious house, and I, poor obscure unfriended monk, was cast homeless upon the world, robbed of my mighty destiny!" Here he began to mumble again, and beat his forehead in futile rage, with his fist; now and then articulating a venomous curse, and now and then a pathetic "Wherefore I am nought but an archangel-I that should have been pope!"
pope - pape; pape
religious - religieux
obscure - obscure; ; obscur, sibyllin, obscurcir
destiny - destin; destin, destinée, sort
mumble - marmonner
beat - battre; abats, battement, battirent, battent, abattîmes
futile - futile
articulating - articuler; articuler
venomous - venimeux
So he went on, for an hour, whilst the poor little King sat and suffered. Then all at once the old man’s frenzy departed, and he became all gentleness. His voice softened, he came down out of his clouds, and fell to prattling along so simply and so humanly, that he soon won the King’s heart completely.
frenzy - frénésie
prattling - bavardage; (prattle); bavarder
humanly - humainement
completely - completement; ; completement
The old devotee moved the boy nearer to the fire and made him comfortable; doctored his small bruises and abrasions with a deft and tender hand; and then set about preparing and cooking a supper-chatting pleasantly all the time, and occasionally stroking the lad’s cheek or patting his head, in such a gently caressing way that in a little while all the fear and repulsion inspired by the archangel were changed to reverence and affection for the man.
devotee - dévoué; ; inconditionnel, dévot
abrasions - abrasions; abrasion, abrasion, abrasion
tender - l'appel d'offres; doux, adjudication, affectieux
supper - dîner; souper
patting - la caresse; petite tape
caressing - caressant; (cares) caressant
This happy state of things continued while the two ate the supper; then, after a prayer before the shrine, the hermit put the boy to bed, in a small adjoining room, tucking him in as snugly and lovingly as a mother might; and so, with a parting caress, left him and sat down by the fire, and began to poke the brands about in an absent and aimless way.
adjoining room - la chambre attenante
tucking - le repli sur soi; rempli
caress - caresse; ; caresser
poke - poke; stocker
brands - marques; tison, marque, marque, marque, style, flétrir, marquer
Presently he paused; then tapped his forehead several times with his fingers, as if trying to recall some thought which had escaped from his mind. Apparently he was unsuccessful. Now he started quickly up, and entered his guest’s room, and said-
unsuccessful - sans succes
"Thou art King?"
"Yes," was the response, drowsily uttered.
"What King?"
"Of England."
"Of England? Then Henry is gone!"
"Alack, it is so. I am his son."
A black frown settled down upon the hermit’s face, and he clenched his bony hands with a vindictive energy. He stood a few moments, breathing fast and swallowing repeatedly, then said in a husky voice-
frown - froncer les sourcils; froncer les sourcils
clenched - serré; serrer, prise (en main) ferme, poigne ferme
vindictive - vindicatif
swallowing - avaler; avaler
repeatedly - de façon répétée
husky - husky; enroué
"Dost know it was he that turned us out into the world houseless and homeless?"
There was no response. The old man bent down and scanned the boy’s reposeful face and listened to his placid breathing. "He sleeps-sleeps soundly;" and the frown vanished away and gave place to an expression of evil satisfaction. A smile flitted across the dreaming boy’s features. The hermit muttered, "So-his heart is happy;" and he turned away. He went stealthily about the place, seeking here and there for something; now and then halting to listen, now and then jerking his head around and casting a quick glance toward the bed; and always muttering, always mumbling to himself.
reposeful - reposant
flitted - flotté; voltiger, voleter, papillonner, virevolter
features - caractéristiques; caractéristique, particularité, spécialité
halting - halte; soutenu; (halt) halte; soutenu
jerking - par a-coups; (jerk) par a-coups
casting - casting; moulage; (cast); jeter, diriger, lancer, additionner
At last he found what he seemed to want-a rusty old butcher knife and a whetstone. Then he crept to his place by the fire, sat himself down, and began to whet the knife softly on the stone, still muttering, mumbling, ejaculating. The winds sighed around the lonely place, the mysterious voices of the night floated by out of the distances. The shining eyes of venturesome mice and rats peered out at the old man from cracks and coverts, but he went on with his work, rapt, absorbed, and noted none of these things.
whetstone - pierre a aiguiser; ; pierre a aiguiser, aiguisoir
ejaculating - éjaculer; éjaculer, éjaculat
distances - les distances; distance, éloigner, fr
venturesome - aventureux
cracks - des fissures; (se) feler
coverts - les couvertures; secret, clandestin
rapt - rapt; ; captivé, absorbé, fasciné, ravi
At long intervals he drew his thumb along the edge of his knife, and nodded his head with satisfaction. "It grows sharper," he said; "yes, it grows sharper."
thumb - pouce, feuilleter
sharper - plus nettes; (sharp); affilé, coupant, affuté, tranchant
He took no note of the flight of time, but worked tranquilly on, entertaining himself with his thoughts, which broke out occasionally in articulate speech-
articulate - articuler; articuler, articulez, articulons, articulent
"His father wrought us evil, he destroyed us-and is gone down into the eternal fires! Yes, down into the eternal fires! He escaped us-but it was God’s will, yes it was God’s will, we must not repine. But he hath not escaped the fires! No, he hath not escaped the fires, the consuming, unpitying, remorseless fires-and they are everlasting!"
destroyed - détruite; détruire, euthanasier
eternal - éternelle; ; éternel
repine - repine
consuming - la consommation; consumant, consommant; (consume); consommer
unpitying - sans pitié
remorseless - sans remords
everlasting - éternel, permanent
And so he wrought, and still wrought-mumbling, chuckling a low rasping chuckle at times-and at times breaking again into words-
chuckling - rires; (chuckle) rires
rasping - râpeux; grinçant; (rasp) râpeux; grinçant
chuckle - glousser; glousser
"It was his father that did it all. I am but an archangel; but for him I should be pope!"
The King stirred. The hermit sprang noiselessly to the bedside, and went down upon his knees, bending over the prostrate form with his knife uplifted. The boy stirred again; his eyes came open for an instant, but there was no speculation in them, they saw nothing; the next moment his tranquil breathing showed that his sleep was sound once more.
bedside - au chevet du malade
bending - de flexion; ; flexion; (bend); courber, tordre, tourner
speculation - spéculation
The hermit watched and listened, for a time, keeping his position and scarcely breathing; then he slowly lowered his arms, and presently crept away, saying,-
lowered - abaissé; (s'')assombrir
"It is long past midnight; it is not best that he should cry out, lest by accident someone be passing."
He glided about his hovel, gathering a rag here, a thong there, and another one yonder; then he returned, and by careful and gentle handling he managed to tie the King’s ankles together without waking him. Next he essayed to tie the wrists; he made several attempts to cross them, but the boy always drew one hand or the other away, just as the cord was ready to be applied; but at last, when the archangel was almost ready to despair, the boy crossed his hands himself, and the next moment they were bound.
gathering - rassemblement; cueillant, amassant, ramassage
thong - string; ; laniere, tong
handling - maniement, manipulation, maniant
managed - gérée; gérer, ménager, diriger, manier, parvenir, réussir
tie - cravate; cravate, accolage, amarrer, liaison
ankles - chevilles; cheville
essayed - essayée; dissertation, essai
cord - corde, cordon
applied - appliquée; appliquer (sur)
Now a bandage was passed under the sleeper’s chin and brought up over his head and tied fast-and so softly, so gradually, and so deftly were the knots drawn together and compacted, that the boy slept peacefully through it all without stirring.
bandage - bandage, pansement, panser
knots - nouds; noeud
compacted - compacté; compact
The old man glided away, stooping, stealthy, cat-like, and brought the low bench.
stooping - se baisser; se baisser
stealthy - furtif, subreptice
He seated himself upon it, half his body in the dim and flickering light, and the other half in shadow; and so, with his craving eyes bent upon the slumbering boy, he kept his patient vigil there, heedless of the drift of time, and softly whetted his knife, and mumbled and chuckled; and in aspect and attitude he resembled nothing so much as a grizzly, monstrous spider, gloating over some hapless insect that lay bound and helpless in his web.
flickering - clignotement; vaciller
vigil - veille, veillée
drift - dérive, dériver, errer, dévier
whetted - aiguisé; aiguiser
chuckled - ricané; glousser
grizzly - grizzli; grisâtre
monstrous - monstrueux
spider - araignée
gloating - jubiler; jubiler
insect - insecte
web - réseau, panier, poche, âme, âme (de rail), palmure, bobine
After a long while, the old man, who was still gazing,-yet not seeing, his mind having settled into a dreamy abstraction,-observed, on a sudden, that the boy’s eyes were open! wide open and staring!-staring up in frozen horror at the knife. The smile of a gratified devil crept over the old man’s face, and he said, without changing his attitude or his occupation-
dreamy - reveuse
abstraction - l'abstraction; ; abstraction
frozen - gelé; geler
gratified - gratifié; gratifier
occupation - profession; ; occupation
"Son of Henry the Eighth, hast thou prayed?"
Eighth - huitieme; ; huitieme, huitieme
The boy struggled helplessly in his bonds, and at the same time forced a smothered sound through his closed jaws, which the hermit chose to interpret as an affirmative answer to his question.
jaws - mâchoires; mâchoire
Interpret - interpréter, traduire
affirmative - affirmatif, phrase affirmative
"Then pray again. Pray the prayer for the dying!"
dying - teignant, mourant; (dye) teignant, mourant
A shudder shook the boy’s frame, and his face blenched. Then he struggled again to free himself-turning and twisting himself this way and that; tugging frantically, fiercely, desperately-but uselessly-to burst his fetters; and all the while the old ogre smiled down upon him, and nodded his head, and placidly whetted his knife; mumbling, from time to time, "The moments are precious, they are few and precious-pray the prayer for the dying!
twisting - torsion; (twist); twist, torsion, entortiller, tordre
tugging - tiraillements; (tug); tirer, remorquer, tirement
frantically - frénétiquement
desperately - désespérément
uselessly - inutilement
fetters - des entraves; entrave, fers-p, entrave, obstacle, entraver
placidly - placidement
The boy uttered a despairing groan, and ceased from his struggles, panting. The tears came, then, and trickled, one after the other, down his face; but this piteous sight wrought no softening effect upon the savage old man.
despairing - désespéré; désespérer, désespérer, désespoir
struggles - des luttes; lutte, lutter, s'efforcer, combattre
panting - haletant; (pant) haletant
trickled - au compte-gouttes; filet, dégoulinade, verser goutte a goutte
piteous - piteux; ; pitoyable
softening - l'adoucissement; adoucissant, amollissant
The dawn was coming now; the hermit observed it, and spoke up sharply, with a touch of nervous apprehension in his voice-
"I may not indulge this ecstasy longer! The night is already gone. It seems but a moment-only a moment; would it had endured a year! Seed of the Church’s spoiler, close thy perishing eyes, an’ thou fearest to look upon-"
indulge - se faire plaisir; ; céder, succomber, dorloter, gâter, choyer
ecstasy - l'ecstasy; ; extase, ecstasy, exta
seed - semences; semailles, semence, pépin
spoiler - spoiler, divulgâchage, divulgâchis, destructeur de portance
The rest was lost in inarticulate mutterings. The old man sank upon his knees, his knife in his hand, and bent himself over the moaning boy.
mutterings - des murmures; grommellement
Hark! There was a sound of voices near the cabin-the knife dropped from the hermit’s hand; he cast a sheepskin over the boy and started up, trembling. The sounds increased, and presently the voices became rough and angry; then came blows, and cries for help; then a clatter of swift footsteps, retreating. Immediately came a succession of thundering knocks upon the cabin door, followed by-
cabin - cabane, cabine
sheepskin - peau de mouton
started up - a démarré
increased - augmenté; augmenter, croître, augmenter, accroître, augmentation
cries for help - des appels a l'aide
clatter - claquer, craquer, claquement, craquement, vacarme
Footsteps - des pas; empreinte, trace de pas, pas, bruit de pas, marche
retreating - se retirer; battre en retraite
"Hullo-o-o! Open! And despatch, in the name of all the devils!"
Hullo - bonjour; salut !
despatch - expédition
Oh, this was the blessedest sound that had ever made music in the King’s ears; for it was Miles Hendon’s voice!
blessedest - le plus béni; bienheureux, béni
made music - fait de la musique
The hermit, grinding his teeth in impotent rage, moved swiftly out of the bedchamber, closing the door behind him; and straightway the King heard a talk, to this effect, proceeding from the ‘chapel’:-
grinding - broyage; (grind); broyage
impotent - impuissant
chapel - chapelle
"Homage and greeting, reverend sir! Where is the boy-my boy?"
Reverend - révérend
"What boy, friend?"
"What boy! Lie me no lies, sir priest, play me no deceptions!-I am not in the humour for it. Near to this place I caught the scoundrels who I judged did steal him from me, and I made them confess; they said he was at large again, and they had tracked him to your door. They showed me his very footprints. Now palter no more; for look you, holy sir, an’ thou produce him not-Where is the boy?"
deceptions - des tromperies; supercherie, tromperie
scoundrels - canailles; scélérat, scélérate, gredin, gredine, canaille
judged - jugée; juger
tracked - suivi; trace, marque, sillon, empreinte, empreinte, sentier
footprints - empreintes de pas; empreinte de pied, empreinte écologique
produce - produire, produits
"O good sir, peradventure you mean the ragged regal vagrant that tarried here the night. If such as you take an interest in such as he, know, then, that I have sent him of an errand. He will be back anon."
"How soon? How soon? Come, waste not the time-cannot I overtake him? How soon will he be back?"
"Thou need’st not stir; he will return quickly."
"So be it, then. I will try to wait. But stop!-you sent him of an errand?-you! Verily this is a lie-he would not go. He would pull thy old beard, an’ thou didst offer him such an insolence. Thou hast lied, friend; thou hast surely lied! He would not go for thee, nor for any man."
beard - barbe
"For any man-no; haply not. But I am not a man."
haply - haply
"What! Now o’ God’s name what art thou, then?"
"It is a secret-mark thou reveal it not. I am an archangel!"
reveal - révéler, laisser voir
There was a tremendous ejaculation from Miles Hendon-not altogether unprofane-followed by-
unprofane - sans provocation
"This doth well and truly account for his complaisance! Right well I knew he would budge nor hand nor foot in the menial service of any mortal; but, lord, even a king must obey when an archangel gives the word o’ command! Let me-‘sh! What noise was that?"
complaisance - complaisance
budge - budge; bougez, bougeons, bouger, bougent
mortal - mortel, mortel, mortelle
"Noise? I heard only the wind."
"Mayhap it was. Yes, doubtless that was it. I have been hearing it faintly all the-there it is again! It is not the wind! What an odd sound! Come, we will hunt it out!"
faintly - faiblement
hunt - chasser, chercher, chasse
Now the King’s joy was nearly insupportable. His tired lungs did their utmost-and hopefully, too-but the sealed jaws and the muffling sheepskin sadly crippled the effort. Then the poor fellow’s heart sank, to hear the hermit say-
lungs - poumons; poumon
hopefully - avec un peu de chance
muffling - l'assourdissement; assourdissant; (muffle); couvrir
"Ah, it came from without-I think from the copse yonder. Come, I will lead the way."
copse - bosquet; ; fourré
The King heard the two pass out, talking; heard their footsteps die quickly away-then he was alone with a boding, brooding, awful silence.
boding - présageant; (bod) présageant
brooding - couvant; ; méditatif; (brood); couvée, couver, protéger
It seemed an age till he heard the steps and voices approaching again-and this time he heard an added sound,-the trampling of hoofs, apparently. Then he heard Hendon say-
trampling - le piétinement; (trample); fouler, piétiner
hoofs - sabots; sabot
"I will not wait longer. I cannot wait longer. He has lost his way in this thick wood. Which direction took he? Quick-point it out to me."
lost his way - a perdu son chemin
"He-but wait; I will go with thee."
"Good-good! Why, truly thou art better than thy looks. Marry I do not think there’s not another archangel with so right a heart as thine. Wilt ride? Wilt take the wee donkey that’s for my boy, or wilt thou fork thy holy legs over this ill-conditioned slave of a mule that I have provided for myself?-and had been cheated in too, had he cost but the indifferent sum of a month’s usury on a brass farthing let to a tinker out of work."
wee - wee
donkey - l'âne; ; âne
fork - fourchette; fourchette, ramification
mule - mule; mulet
usury - l'usure; ; usure
brass - laiton; laiton, airain
"No-ride thy mule, and lead thine ass; I am surer on mine own feet, and will walk."
ass - cul; aliboron, ane, âne
"Then prithee mind the little beast for me while I take my life in my hands and make what success I may toward mounting the big one."
beast - bete; ; bete, bete sauvage
mounting - montant, monture, ajustage; (mount) montant, monture, ajustage
Then followed a confusion of kicks, cuffs, tramplings and plungings, accompanied by a thunderous intermingling of volleyed curses, and finally a bitter apostrophe to the mule, which must have broken its spirit, for hostilities seemed to cease from that moment.
confusion - confusion, désordre, malentendu
kicks - coups de pied; donner un coup de pied (a, dans)
tramplings - les piétinements
intermingling - l'entremelement; brasser, entremeler
volleyed - volée; volée, salve
apostrophe - apostrophe; apostrophe
hostilities - hostilités; hostilité
With unutterable misery the fettered little King heard the voices and footsteps fade away and die out. All hope forsook him, now, for the moment, and a dull despair settled down upon his heart. "My only friend is deceived and got rid of," he said; "the hermit will return and-" He finished with a gasp; and at once fell to struggling so frantically with his bonds again, that he shook off the smothering sheepskin.
unutterable - indicible
fettered - entravé; entrave, fers-p, entrave, obstacle, entraver, entraver
fade away - s'éteindre
die out - s'éteindre
forsook - abandonné; abandonner, renoncer
deceived - trompé; tromper, leurrer, séduire
rid - rid; débarrasser
shook off - secoué
smothering - l'étouffement; étouffer
And now he heard the door open! The sound chilled him to the marrow-already he seemed to feel the knife at his throat. Horror made him close his eyes; horror made him open them again-and before him stood John Canty and Hugo!
He would have said "Thank God!" if his jaws had been free.
A moment or two later his limbs were at liberty, and his captors, each gripping him by an arm, were hurrying him with all speed through the forest.
limbs - membres; membre
liberty - liberté
gripping - saisissant; empoigner
hurrying - se dépecher; dépechant; (hurry); précipitation, hâte
Once more ‘King Foo-foo the First’ was roving with the tramps and outlaws, a butt for their coarse jests and dull-witted railleries, and sometimes the victim of small spitefulness at the hands of Canty and Hugo when the Ruffler’s back was turned. None but Canty and Hugo really disliked him. Some of the others liked him, and all admired his pluck and spirit. During two or three days, Hugo, in whose ward and charge the King was, did what he covertly could to make the boy uncomfortable; and at night, during the customary orgies, he amused the company by putting small indignities upon him-always as if by accident.
butt - de fesses; crosse
witted - d'esprit
disliked - n'a pas aimé; antipathie, ne pas aimer
covertly - secretement
orgies - des orgies; orgie, partouze, orgie, partouze
Twice he stepped upon the King’s toes-accidentally-and the King, as became his royalty, was contemptuously unconscious of it and indifferent to it; but the third time Hugo entertained himself in that way, the King felled him to the ground with a cudgel, to the prodigious delight of the tribe. Hugo, consumed with anger and shame, sprang up, seized a cudgel, and came at his small adversary in a fury. Instantly a ring was formed around the gladiators, and the betting and cheering began.
toes - orteils; orteil, doigt de pied, doigt de pied
entertained - divertis; divertir, recevoir
consumed - consommée; consommer, consommer, consumer, rench: -neededr
sprang up - a surgi
adversary - adversaire, ennemi, ennemie
gladiators - gladiateurs; gladiateur, belluaire
cheering - des applaudissements; acclamation(s)
But poor Hugo stood No chance whatever. His frantic and lubberly ‘prentice-work found but a poor market for itself when pitted against an arm which had been trained by the first masters of Europe in single-stick, quarter-staff, and every art and trick of swordsmanship. The little King stood, alert but at graceful ease, and caught and turned aside the thick rain of blows with a facility and precision which set the motley on-lookers wild with admiration; and every now and then, when his practised eye detected an opening, and a lightning-swift rap upon Hugo’s head followed as a result, the storm of cheers and laughter that swept the place was something wonderful to hear.
No chance - Aucune chance
prentice - prentice
pitted - piqué; fosse
alert - alerte; alarme, vif
precision - précision
lookers - les curieux; canon
detected - détecté; détecter
lightning - la foudre; ; éclair, éloise, foudre
rap - rap; claque
At the end of fifteen minutes, Hugo, all battered, bruised, and the target for a pitiless bombardment of ridicule, slunk from the field; and the unscathed hero of the fight was seized and borne aloft upon the shoulders of the joyous rabble to the place of honour beside the Ruffler, where with vast ceremony he was crowned King of the Game-Cocks; his meaner title being at the same time solemnly cancelled and annulled, and a decree of banishment from the gang pronounced against any who should thenceforth utter it.
battered - battu; battre
bombardment - bombardement
ridicule - ridiculiser; bafouer, ridicule
place of honour - une place d'honneur
cocks - bites; oiseau mâle, coq
cancelled - annulée; annuler, résilier (''a telephone contract
thenceforth - désormais
All attempts to make the King serviceable to the troop had failed. He had stubbornly refused to act; moreover, he was always trying to escape. He had been thrust into an unwatched kitchen, the first day of his return; he not only came forth empty-handed, but tried to rouse the housemates. He was sent out with a tinker to help him at his work; he would not work; moreover, he threatened the tinker with his own soldering-iron; and finally both Hugo and the tinker found their hands full with the mere matter of keeping his from getting away. He delivered the thunders of his royalty upon the heads of all who hampered his liberties or tried to force him to service.
serviceable - entretenable, serviable, réparable, pret a l'emploi, utilisable
stubbornly - obstinément
unwatched - non regardé
rouse - rouse; ameutez, ameutent, évocation, irriter, ameutons
soldering - soudure; (solder); soudure, souder
getting away - s'échapper
hampered - entravée; entraver
liberties - libertés; liberté
He was sent out, in Hugo’s charge, in company with a slatternly woman and a diseased baby, to beg; but the result was not encouraging-he declined to plead for the mendicants, or be a party to their cause in any way.
encouraging - encourageant; encourager, encourager
declined - refusé; déclin, déclin, déclin
plead for - plaider pour
Thus several days went by; and the miseries of this tramping life, and the weariness and sordidness and meanness and vulgarity of it, became gradually and steadily so intolerable to the captive that he began at last to feel that his release from the hermit’s knife must prove only a temporary respite from death, at best.
miseries - miseres; misere
tramping - le tramping; (tramp); clochard, va-nuieds, traînée, garce
meanness - la méchanceté; ; abjection
vulgarity - la vulgarité; ; vulgarité, grossiereté
steadily - régulierement
temporary - temporaire, provisoire, intérimaire
respite - un répit; ; répit
But at night, in his dreams, these things were forgotten, and he was on his throne, and master again. This, of course, intensified the sufferings of the awakening-so the mortifications of each succeeding morning of the few that passed between his return to bondage and the combat with Hugo, grew bitterer and bitterer, and harder and harder to bear.
sufferings - souffrances; souffrance, douleur, souffrance
awakening - l'éveil; ; réveil; (awaken); réveiller, se réveiller
succeeding - réussir; succéder, réussir, avoir du succes
bondage - le bondage; ; esclavage, servitude, bondage
combat - combat, bataille, lutte, combattre
bitterer - plus amer; amer, acide
The morning after that combat, Hugo got up with a heart filled with vengeful purposes against the King. He had two plans, in particular. One was to inflict upon the lad what would be, to his proud spirit and ‘imagined’ royalty, a peculiar humiliation; and if he failed to accomplish this, his other plan was to put a crime of some kind upon the King, and then betray him into the implacable clutches of the law.
vengeful - vengeur
purposes - objectifs; but, objet
inflict - infliger
peculiar - particulier, extraordinaire, bizarre, curieux
humiliation - l'humiliation; ; humiliation
implacable - implacable
clutches - embrayages; se raccrocher (a)
In pursuance of the first plan, he purposed to put a ‘clime’ upon the King’s leg; rightly judging that that would mortify him to the last and perfect degree; and as soon as the clime should operate, he meant to get Canty’s help, and force the King to expose his leg in the highway and beg for alms. ’Clime’ was the cant term for a sore, artificially created. To make a clime, the operator made a paste or poultice of unslaked lime, soap, and the rust of old iron, and spread it upon a piece of leather, which was then bound tightly upon the leg.
pursuance - poursuite
purposed - voulu; but, objet
mortify - mortifier
clime - clime
operate - fonctionner; ; opérer, ouvrer
expose - exposer, dénoncer
beg for - mendier
alms - l'aumône; ; aumône
cant - cant; langage hypocrite
artificially - artificiellement
operator - opérateur, téléphoniste
paste - pâte, strass, stras, coller
poultice - cataplasme, emplâtre
unslaked - non trempé
soap - du savon; savon
rust - rouille; rouille, se rouiller
leather - cuir, de cuir
tightly - étanche; ; fermement
This would presently fret off the skin, and make the flesh raw and angry-looking; blood was then rubbed upon the limb, which, being fully dried, took on a dark and repulsive colour. Then a bandage of soiled rags was put on in a cleverly careless way which would allow the hideous ulcer to be seen, and move the compassion of the passer-by. {8}
rubbed - frotté; friction, hic, frotter, frotter, frotter, polir
fully - pleinement; ; entierement, completement
dried - séché; sec, anhydre, sécher, sécher, tfaire sécher
repulsive - répugnant
cleverly - intelligemment
careless - négligent, étourdi, distrait
ulcer - ulcere; ; ulcere
Hugo got the help of the tinker whom the King had cowed with the soldering-iron; they took the boy out on a tinkering tramp, and as soon as they were out of sight of the camp they threw him down and the tinker held him while Hugo bound the poultice tight and fast upon his leg.
tinkering - bricolage; bricolant; (tinker); bricoler, bidouiller
The King raged and stormed, and promised to hang the two the moment the sceptre was in his hand again; but they kept a firm grip upon him and enjoyed his impotent struggling and jeered at his threats. This continued until the poultice began to bite; and in no long time its work would have been perfected, if there had been no interruption.
raged - enragée; rage, furie, fureur, courroux, rager, faire rage
stormed - pris d'assaut; orage, tempete
firm - ferme; social, robuste, maison de commerce, ferme, solide
But there was; for about this time the ‘slave’ who had made the speech denouncing England’s laws, appeared on the scene, and put an end to the enterprise, and stripped off the poultice and bandage.
enterprise - l'entreprise; ; entreprise, venture, initiative
stripped off - dépouillé
Very well. All in good time Hugo strolled off to a neighbouring village with his prey; and the two drifted slowly up and down one street after another, the one watching sharply for a sure chance to achieve his evil purpose, and the other watching as sharply for a chance to dart away and get free of his infamous captivity for ever.
strolled - flâné; promenade, flânerie, balade, flâner, promener
dart - dart; dard
infamous - infâme
Both threw away some tolerably fair-looking opportunities; for both, in their secret hearts, were resolved to make absolutely sure work this time, and neither meant to allow his fevered desires to seduce him into any venture that had much uncertainty about it.
threw away - jeté
fevered - fébrile; fievre
seduce - séduire
uncertainty - l'incertitude; ; incertitude
Hugo’s chance came first. For at last a woman approached who carried a fat package of some sort in a basket. Hugo’s eyes sparkled with sinful pleasure as he said to himself, "Breath o’ my life, an’ I can but put that upon him, ‘tis good-den and God keep thee, King of the Game-Cocks!
package - paquet, paquetage, empaqueter, emballer
sparkled - étincelait; étincellement
sinful - péché; ; coupable, peccamineux
He waited and watched-outwardly patient, but inwardly consuming with excitement-till the woman had passed by, and the time was ripe; then said, in a low voice-
outwardly - a l'extérieur; ; extérieurement
"Tarry here till I come again," and darted stealthily after the prey.
The King’s heart was filled with joy-he could make his escape, now, if Hugo’s quest only carried him far enough away.
quest - quete; recherche
But he was to have no such luck. Hugo crept behind the woman, snatched the package, and came running back, wrapping it in an old piece of blanket which he carried on his arm. The hue and cry was raised in a moment, by the woman, who knew her loss by the lightening of her burden, although she had not seen the pilfering done. Hugo thrust the bundle into the King’s hands without halting, saying-
wrapping - l'emballage; (wrap) l'emballage
hue - teinte; nuance
lightening - l'éclaircissement; (lighten) l'éclaircissement
bundle - bundle; ; faisceau, fagot, paquet, ballot (of goods)
"Now speed ye after me with the rest, and cry ‘Stop thief!’ but mind ye lead them astray!"
The next moment Hugo turned a corner and darted down a crooked alley-and in another moment or two he lounged into view again, looking innocent and indifferent, and took up a position behind a post to watch results.
alley - allée; ruelle
lounged - s'est prélassée; salle d'attente, salon
The insulted King threw the bundle on the ground; and the blanket fell away from it just as the woman arrived, with an augmenting crowd at her heels; she seized the King’s wrist with one hand, snatched up her bundle with the other, and began to pour out a tirade of abuse upon the boy while he struggled, without success, to free himself from her grip.
augmenting - augmenter; augmenter, accroître
tirade - diatribe, tirade, laisse
Hugo had seen enough-his enemy was captured and the law would get him, now-so he slipped away, jubilant and chuckling, and wended campwards, framing a judicious version of the matter to give to the Ruffler’s crew as he strode along.
enemy - l'ennemi; ; ennemi, ennemie
captured - capturé; capture, prisonnier, saisir, capturer, enregistrer
campwards - les campements
framing - l'encadrement; encadrement; (frame); encadrer, cadre, armature
judicious - judicieux
version - version
strode - strode; marcher a grands pas
The King continued to struggle in the woman’s strong grasp, and now and then cried out in vexation-
Struggle - lutte, lutter, s'efforcer, combattre
grasp - saisir, agripper, comprendre
vexation - vexation; ; tracas, tracasserie, contrariété
"Unhand me, thou foolish creature; it was not I that bereaved thee of thy paltry goods."
Unhand - sans main
The crowd closed around, threatening the King and calling him names; a brawny blacksmith in leather apron, and sleeves rolled to his elbows, made a reach for him, saying he would trounce him well, for a lesson; but just then a long sword flashed in the air and fell with convincing force upon the man’s arm, flat side down, the fantastic owner of it remarking pleasantly, at the same time-
threatening - menaçante; ; menaçant; (threaten); menacer
brawny - musclé; ; baleze, balaise
blacksmith - forgeron, forgeronne, sidérurgiste, maréchal-ferrant
apron - tablier, tarmac, piste
rolled - roulé; rouleau
trounce - trounce; battre a plates coutures
convincing - convaincante; convaincre, persuader
"Marry, good souls, let us proceed gently, not with ill blood and uncharitable words. This is matter for the law’s consideration, not private and unofficial handling. Loose thy hold from the boy, goodwife."
good souls - de bonnes âmes
uncharitable - peu charitable
unofficial - non officielle
The blacksmith averaged the stalwart soldier with a glance, then went muttering away, rubbing his arm; the woman released the boy’s wrist reluctantly; the crowd eyed the stranger unlovingly, but prudently closed their mouths. The King sprang to his deliverer’s side, with flushed cheeks and sparkling eyes, exclaiming-
averaged - moyenne; moyenne
rubbing - le frottement; frottage, froissement, lessivage
released - libéré; libérer
unlovingly - sans amour
prudently - prudemment
"Thou hast lagged sorely, but thou comest in good season, now, Sir Miles; carve me this rabble to rags!"
lagged - décalé; rester en arriere, etre en retard
comest - vient
in good season - en bonne saison
carve - sculpter
Hendon forced back a smile, and bent down and whispered in the King’s ear-
"Softly, softly, my prince, wag thy tongue warily-nay, suffer it not to wag at all. Trust in me-all shall go well in the end." Then he added to himself: "Sir Miles! Bless me, I had totally forgot I was a knight! Lord, how marvellous a thing it is, the grip his memory doth take upon his quaint and crazy fancies!
wag - wag; ; frétiller, remuer, sécher, faire l’école buissonniere
fancies - des fantaisies; envie, caprice
. . . An empty and foolish title is mine, and yet it is something to have deserved it; for I think it is more honour to be held worthy to be a spectre-knight in his Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows, than to be held base enough to be an earl in some of the real kingdoms of this world."
deserved - mérité; mériter
kingdoms - royaumes; royaume, regne
The crowd fell apart to admit a constable, who approached and was about to lay his hand upon the King’s shoulder, when Hendon said-
fell apart - s'est effondré
"Gently, good friend, withhold your hand-he shall go peaceably; I am responsible for that. Lead on, we will follow."
withhold - retenir
peaceably - pacifiquement
responsible - responsable
The officer led, with the woman and her bundle; Miles and the King followed after, with the crowd at their heels. The King was inclined to rebel; but Hendon said to him in a low voice-
rebel - rebelle; cabrer, rebelle
"Reflect, Sire-your laws are the wholesome breath of your own royalty; shall their source resist them, yet require the branches to respect them? Apparently one of these laws has been broken; when the King is on his throne again, can it ever grieve him to remember that when he was seemingly a private person he loyally sank the king in the citizen and submitted to its authority?"
reflect - refléter, réfléchir, se refléter, suivre
resist - résister
branches - branches; branche, t+rameau, branche, affluent, filiale
seemingly - censément
loyally - loyalement
citizen - citoyen, citoyenne, habitant
submitted - soumis; soumettre
"Thou art right; say no more; thou shalt see that whatsoever the King of England requires a subject to suffer, under the law, he will himself suffer while he holdeth the station of a subject."
requires - exige; exiger, demander, avoir besoin de, requérir, nécessiter
holdeth - tient
When the woman was called upon to testify before the justice of the peace, she swore that the small prisoner at the bar was the person who had committed the theft; there was none able to show the contrary, so the King stood convicted.
theft - vol
contrary - contraire, contraire, contrepied
The bundle was now unrolled, and when the contents proved to be a plump little dressed pig, the judge looked troubled, whilst Hendon turned pale, and his body was thrilled with an electric shiver of dismay; but the King remained unmoved, protected by his ignorance. The judge meditated, during an ominous pause, then turned to the woman, with the question-
unrolled - déroulé; (se) dérouler
Contents - contenu; satisfait
plump - dodu; douillet
pale - pâle; pâle, hâve
Electric - électrique, voiture électrique
unmoved - indifférent; insensible
protected - protégé; protéger
ignorance - l'ignorance; ; ignorance
meditated - médité; méditer, méditer
ominous - de mauvais augure
"What dost thou hold this property to be worth?"
property - propriété, accessoire
The woman courtesied and replied-
courtesied - courtisé; courtoisie, politesse, indulgence
"Three shillings and eightpence, your worship-I could not abate a penny and set forth the value honestly."
eightpence - huit pence
set forth - présenté
The justice glanced around uncomfortably upon the crowd, then nodded to the constable, and said-
uncomfortably - mal a l'aise
nodded to - fait un signe de tete
"Clear the court and close the doors."
It was done. None remained but the two officials, the accused, the accuser, and Miles Hendon. This latter was rigid and colourless, and on his forehead big drops of cold sweat gathered, broke and blended together, and trickled down his face. The judge turned to the woman again, and said, in a compassionate voice-
accuser - accusateur, accusatrice
colourless - sans couleur, incolore
drops - gouttes; goutte
cold sweat - des sueurs froides
blended - mélangé; mélange, mélanger, meler, mixer
compassionate - compatissant
"‘Tis a poor ignorant lad, and mayhap was driven hard by hunger, for these be grievous times for the unfortunate; mark you, he hath not an evil face-but when hunger driveth-Good woman! dost know that when one steals a thing above the value of thirteenpence ha’penny the law saith he shall hang for it?"
ha - HA
grievous - grave
driveth - conduire
steals - vol; voler, vol
thirteenpence - treize pence
The little King started, wide-eyed with consternation, but controlled himself and held his peace; but not so the woman. She sprang to her feet, shaking with fright, and cried out-
consternation - consternation, sidération, accablement, prostration
controlled - contrôlé; contrôler, maîtrise, contrôle, commandes-p, contrôle
"Oh, good lack, what have I done! God-a-mercy, I would not hang the poor thing for the whole world! Ah, save me from this, your worship-what shall I do, what can I do?"
The justice maintained his judicial composure, and simply said-
maintained - maintenue; entretenir, maintenir
judicial - judiciaire
composure - le sang-froid; ; calme, quiétude
"Doubtless it is allowable to revise the value, since it is not yet writ upon the record."
allowable - admissibles
revise - revoir, réviser
record - record; enregistrent, enregistrez, enregistrons, record
"Then in God’s name call the pig eightpence, and heaven bless the day that freed my conscience of this awesome thing!"
conscience - conscience
awesome - génial
Miles Hendon forgot all decorum in his delight; and surprised the King and wounded his dignity, by throwing his arms around him and hugging him. The woman made her grateful adieux and started away with her pig; and when the constable opened the door for her, he followed her out into the narrow hall.
decorum - le décorum; ; décorum
throwing - jetant; (throw) jetant
hugging - étreinte; embrassade, étreinte, câlin, accolade, étreindre
The justice proceeded to write in his record book. Hendon, always alert, thought he would like to know why the officer followed the woman out; so he slipped softly into the dusky hall and listened. He heard a conversation to this effect-
write in - écrire
dusky - crépusculaire
"It is a fat pig, and promises good eating; I will buy it of thee; here is the eightpence."
promises - des promesses; vou, promesse, promesse, promettre
"Eightpence, indeed! Thou’lt do no such thing. It cost me three shillings and eightpence, good honest coin of the last reign, that old Harry that’s just dead ne’er touched or tampered with. A fig for thy eightpence!"
coin - piece de monnaie; ; piece de monnaie, jeton
Harry - Harry
tampered - falsifié; toucher a
fig - fig; figue
"Stands the wind in that quarter? Thou wast under oath, and so swore falsely when thou saidst the value was but eightpence. Come straightway back with me before his worship, and answer for the crime!-and then the lad will hang."
under oath - sous serment
saidst - saidst
"There, there, dear heart, say no more, I am content. Give me the eightpence, and hold thy peace about the matter."
The woman went off crying: Hendon slipped back into the court room, and the constable presently followed, after hiding his prize in some convenient place. The justice wrote a while longer, then read the King a wise and kindly lecture, and sentenced him to a short imprisonment in the common jail, to be followed by a public flogging. The astounded King opened his mouth, and was probably going to order the good judge to be beheaded on the spot; but he caught a warning sign from Hendon, and succeeded in closing his mouth again before he lost anything out of it.
court room - la salle d'audience
Convenient - pratique; ; commode
lecture - conférence, cours magistral, donner une conférence
imprisonment - l'emprisonnement; ; emprisonnement
jail - prison, geôle
flogging - la flagellation; ; flagellation; (flog) la flagellation; ; flagellation
beheaded - décapité; décapiter
Hendon took him by the hand, now, made reverence to the justice, and the two departed in the wake of the constable toward the jail. The moment the street was reached, the inflamed monarch halted, snatched away his hand, and exclaimed-
inflamed - enflammée; allumer
snatched away - arraché
"Idiot, dost imagine I will enter a common jail alive?"
Hendon bent down and said, somewhat sharply-
"Will you trust in me? Peace! and forbear to worsen our chances with dangerous speech. What God wills, will happen; thou canst not hurry it, thou canst not alter it; therefore wait, and be patient-‘twill be time enow to rail or rejoice when what is to happen has happened." {1}
worsen - s'aggraver; ; empirer
chances - chances; hasard
alter - modifier; altérent, altérez, altérer, altérons
rail - ferroviaire; rail
rejoice - se réjouir; ; réjouir
The short winter day was nearly ended. The streets were deserted, save for a few random stragglers, and these hurried straight along, with the intent look of people who were only anxious to accomplish their errands as quickly as possible, and then snugly house themselves from the rising wind and the gathering twilight. They looked neither to the right nor to the left; they paid no attention to our party, they did not even seem to see them.
random - au hasard; ; inconnu, aléatoire, stochastique, pseudo-aléatoire
stragglers - des retardataires; traînard, traînard
errands - des courses; course, commission
Edward the Sixth wondered if the spectacle of a king on his way to jail had ever encountered such marvellous indifference before. By-and-by the constable arrived at a deserted market-square, and proceeded to cross it. When he had reached the middle of it, Hendon laid his hand upon his arm, and said in a low voice-
indifference - l'indifférence; ; indifférence
square - carré, équerre, place, case, carreau, rench: perpendiculaire a
"Bide a moment, good sir, there is none in hearing, and I would say a word to thee."
"My duty forbids it, sir; prithee hinder me not, the night comes on."
forbids - interdit; interdire, nier, dénier
hinder - entraver; gener, embarrasser; (hind) entraver; gener
"Stay, nevertheless, for the matter concerns thee nearly. Turn thy back a moment and seem not to see: let this poor lad escape."
nevertheless - néanmoins, toutefois, pourtant, malgré tout
concerns - préoccupations; inquiétude, souci, soin, souci, préoccupation
"This to me, sir! I arrest thee in-"
"Nay, be not too hasty. See thou be careful and commit no foolish error,"-then he shut his voice down to a whisper, and said in the man’s ear-"the pig thou hast purchased for eightpence may cost thee thy neck, man!"
commit - s'engager; ; confier, commettre, remettre, consigner, commit
purchased - achetée; achat, acquisition, achat, acquisition, acheter
The poor constable, taken by surprise, was speechless, at first, then found his tongue and fell to blustering and threatening; but Hendon was tranquil, and waited with patience till his breath was spent; then said-
taken by surprise - pris par surprise
"I have a liking to thee, friend, and would not willingly see thee come to harm. Observe, I heard it all-every word. I will prove it to thee." Then he repeated the conversation which the officer and the woman had had together in the hall, word for word, and ended with-
willingly - volontairement; ; volontiers
"There-have I set it forth correctly? Should not I be able to set it forth correctly before the judge, if occasion required?"
correctly - correctement
required - nécessaires; exiger, demander, avoir besoin de, requérir
The man was dumb with fear and distress, for a moment; then he rallied, and said with forced lightness-
rallied - rallié; (se) rallier
lightness - aisance
"‘Tis making a mighty matter, indeed, out of a jest; I but plagued the woman for mine amusement."
plagued - en proie a des difficultés; peste, peste, fléau, plaie
"Kept you the woman’s pig for amusement?"
The man answered sharply-
"Nought else, good sir-I tell thee ‘twas but a jest."
"I do begin to believe thee," said Hendon, with a perplexing mixture of mockery and half-conviction in his tone; "but tarry thou here a moment whilst I run and ask his worship-for nathless, he being a man experienced in law, in jests, in-"
perplexing - perplexe; déconcerter, troubler, dérouter
nathless - sans nath
He was moving away, still talking; the constable hesitated, fidgeted, spat out an oath or two, then cried out-
moving away - qui déménage
fidgeted - s'est agitée; gigoter, remuer, gigoteur
spat out - recraché
"Hold, hold, good sir-prithee wait a little-the judge! Why, man, he hath no more sympathy with a jest than hath a dead corpse!-come, and we will speak further. Ods body! I seem to be in evil case-and all for an innocent and thoughtless pleasantry. I am a man of family; and my wife and little ones-List to reason, good your worship: what wouldst thou of me?"
thoughtless - inattentionné, irréfléchi
pleasantry - l'amabilité
"Only that thou be blind and dumb and paralytic whilst one may count a hundred thousand-counting slowly," said Hendon, with the expression of a man who asks but a reasonable favour, and that a very little one.
paralytic - paralytique
count - compter; compter, comptent, comptez, comptons, comte
"It is my destruction!" said the constable despairingly. "Ah, be reasonable, good sir; only look at this matter, on all its sides, and see how mere a jest it is-how manifestly and how plainly it is so. And even if one granted it were not a jest, it is a fault so small that e’en the grimmest penalty it could call forth would be but a rebuke and warning from the judge’s lips."
manifestly - manifestement
grimmest - les plus sombres; sinistre
penalty - pénalité; ; penalisation, peine
Hendon replied with a solemnity which chilled the air about him-
"This jest of thine hath a name, in law,-wot you what it is?"
"I knew it not! Peradventure I have been unwise. I never dreamed it had a name-ah, sweet heaven, I thought it was original."
original - originel, original, original
"Yes, it hath a name. In the law this crime is called Non compos mentis lex talionis sic transit gloria mundi."
compos - compos; (compo) compos
lex - lex
sic - sic
Transit - transit, transiter
"Ah, my God!"
"And the penalty is death!"
"God be merciful to me a sinner!"
sinner - pécheur, pécheresse
"By advantage taken of one in fault, in dire peril, and at thy mercy, thou hast seized goods worth above thirteenpence ha’penny, paying but a trifle for the same; and this, in the eye of the law, is constructive barratry, misprision of treason, malfeasance in office, ad hominem expurgatis in statu quo-and the penalty is death by the halter, without ransom, commutation, or benefit of clergy."
peril - péril, risque
constructive - constructive
misprision - erreur de jugement
ad - publicité; ; ap. J.-C, apr. J.-C
halter - licou; licou; (halt) licou; licou
ransom - rançon, rançonner
commutation - commutation
benefit - avantages; ; avantage, bénéfice, subvention, profiter
clergy - le clergé; ; clergé
"Bear me up, bear me up, sweet sir, my legs do fail me! Be thou merciful-spare me this doom, and I will turn my back and see nought that shall happen."
"Good! now thou’rt wise and reasonable. And thou’lt restore the pig?"
"I will, I will indeed-nor ever touch another, though heaven send it and an archangel fetch it. Go-I am blind for thy sake-I see nothing. I will say thou didst break in and wrest the prisoner from my hands by force. It is but a crazy, ancient door-I will batter it down myself betwixt midnight and the morning."
sake - du saké; dans l''intéret de qqn
break in - s'installer
wrest - lutte
"Do it, good soul, no harm will come of it; the judge hath a loving charity for this poor lad, and will shed no tears and break no jailer’s bones for his escape."
shed - hangar; hangar, verser, stand, kiosque, échoppe
jailer - geôlier, geôliere, gâfe
As soon as Hendon and the King were out of sight of the constable, his Majesty was instructed to hurry to a certain place outside the town, and wait there, whilst Hendon should go to the inn and settle his account. Half an hour later the two friends were blithely jogging eastward on Hendon’s sorry steeds.
jogging - jogging; trottant; (jog); rench: t-needed r, remuer
steeds - steeds; coursier
The King was warm and comfortable, now, for he had cast his rags and clothed himself in the second-hand suit which Hendon had bought on London Bridge.
When he and the King had journeyed about ten miles, they reached a considerable village, and halted there for the night, at a good inn. The former relations were resumed; Hendon stood behind the King’s chair, while he dined, and waited upon him; undressed him when he was ready for bed; then took the floor for his own quarters, and slept athwart the door, rolled up in a blanket.
relations - relations; relation, relation, parent, parente
resumed - reprise; reprendre
dined - dîné; vacarme
undressed - déshabillé; déshabiller
took the floor - a pris la parole
rolled up - enroulé
The next day, and the day after, they jogged lazily along talking over the adventures they had met since their separation, and mightily enjoying each other’s narratives. Hendon detailed all his wide wanderings in search of the King, and described how the archangel had led him a fool’s journey all over the forest, and taken him back to the hut, finally, when he found he could not get rid of him.
jogged - joggé; rench: -neededr, remuer, remuer, faire du jogging
lazily - paresseusement
separation - la séparation; ; séparation
narratives - récits; narratif, récit
wanderings - errances; errement, errance, errement, divagation, errement
Then-he said-the old man went into the bedchamber and came staggering back looking broken-hearted, and saying he had expected to find that the boy had returned and laid down in there to rest, but it was not so. Hendon had waited at the hut all day; hope of the King’s return died out, then, and he departed upon the quest again.
died out - s'est éteint
"And old Sanctum Sanctorum was truly sorry your highness came not back," said Hendon; "I saw it in his face."
sanctum - sanctuaire
"Marry I will never doubt that!" said the King-and then told his own story; after which, Hendon was sorry he had not destroyed the archangel.
During the last day of the trip, Hendon’s spirits were soaring. His tongue ran constantly. He talked about his old father, and his brother Arthur, and told of many things which illustrated their high and generous characters; he went into loving frenzies over his Edith, and was so glad-hearted that he was even able to say some gentle and brotherly things about Hugh.
soaring - l'envol; (soar); planer, monter, s'élever, grimper en fleche
characters - des personnages; personnage, caractere, caractere, personnage
frenzies - des frénésies; frénésie
brotherly - fraternel
He dwelt a deal on the coming meeting at Hendon Hall; what a surprise it would be to everybody, and what an outburst of thanksgiving and delight there would be.
thanksgiving - Action de grâce, Action de grâces, Thanksgiving
It was a fair region, dotted with cottages and orchards, and the road led through broad pasture lands whose receding expanses, marked with gentle elevations and depressions, suggested the swelling and subsiding undulations of the sea. In the afternoon the returning prodigal made constant deflections from his course to see if by ascending some hillock he might not pierce the distance and catch a glimpse of his home.
dotted - en pointillés; point
cottages - chalets; cottage
orchards - vergers; verger, arbre fruitier
pasture lands - des pâturages
receding - en recul; reculer
elevations - élévations; élévation, élévation, élévation
depressions - dépressions; dépression, dépression, dépression, dépression
swelling - gonflement; (swell); gonflement
subsiding - s'affaisser; tomber, calmer
prodigal - prodigue
constant - constant, constante
deflections - des déviations; déflexion
ascending - ascendante; monter
hillock - colline; ; monticule, tertre, mondrain, mamelon
pierce - percer; perforage
At last he was successful, and cried out excitedly-
successful - réussie; ; ayant du succes, marqué de succes, couronné de succes
"There is the village, my Prince, and there is the Hall close by! You may see the towers from here; and that wood there-that is my father’s park. Ah, now thou’lt know what state and grandeur be! A house with seventy rooms-think of that!-and seven and twenty servants! A brave lodging for such as we, is it not so? Come, let us speed-my impatience will not brook further delay."
towers - tours; tour
lodging - l'hébergement; ; logement, hébergement, verse; (lodge); cabane
All possible hurry was made; still, it was after three o’clock before the village was reached. The travellers scampered through it, Hendon’s tongue going all the time. "Here is the church-covered with the same ivy-none gone, none added." "Yonder is the inn, the old Red Lion,-and yonder is the market-place." "Here is the Maypole, and here the pump-nothing is altered; nothing but the people, at any rate; ten years make a change in people; some of these I seem to know, but none know me.
travellers - voyageurs; voyageur, voyageuse
ivy - le lierre; ; lierre
pump - pompe; pompe, pompons, pompez, pompent, pomper
altered - modifié; transformer, changer, altérer
So his chat ran on. The end of the village was soon reached; then the travellers struck into a crooked, narrow road, walled in with tall hedges, and hurried briskly along it for half a mile, then passed into a vast flower garden through an imposing gateway, whose huge stone pillars bore sculptured armorial devices. A noble mansion was before them.
chat - chat; causerie, bavarder
flower garden - jardin de fleurs
sculptured - sculpté; sculpture, sculpture
mansion - manoir, demeure
"Welcome to Hendon Hall, my King!" exclaimed Miles. "Ah, ‘tis a great day! My father and my brother, and the Lady Edith will be so mad with joy that they will have eyes and tongue for none but me in the first transports of the meeting, and so thou’lt seem but coldly welcomed-but mind it not; ‘twill soon seem otherwise; for when I say thou art my ward, and tell them how costly is my love for thee, thou’lt see them take thee to their breasts for miles Hendon’s sake, and make their house and hearts thy home for ever after!
great day - Un grand jour
transports - des transports; reporter, transporter, transport, transport
coldly - froidement
for miles - sur des kilometres
The next moment Hendon sprang to the ground before the great door, helped the King down, then took him by the hand and rushed within. A few steps brought him to a spacious apartment; he entered, seated the King with more hurry than ceremony, then ran toward a young man who sat at a writing-table in front of a generous fire of logs.
rushed - précipité; se précipiter, emmener d''urgence
logs - journaux; rondin, buche
"Embrace me, Hugh," he cried, "and say thou’rt glad I am come again! and call our father, for home is not home till I shall touch his hand, and see his face, and hear his voice once more!"
Embrace - étreindre, embrasser, accolade, embrassement, embrassade
But Hugh only drew back, after betraying a momentary surprise, and bent a grave stare upon the intruder-a stare which indicated somewhat of offended dignity, at first, then changed, in response to some inward thought or purpose, to an expression of marvelling curiosity, mixed with a real or assumed compassion. Presently he said, in a mild voice-
momentary - momentanée
intruder - intrus, importun
indicated - indiqué; indiquer, signaler, indiquer
marvelling - l'émerveillement; (marvel); etre
mixed - mixte; mélanger
mild - doux, douce, léger
"Thy wits seem touched, poor stranger; doubtless thou hast suffered privations and rude buffetings at the world’s hands; thy looks and dress betoken it. Whom dost thou take me to be?"
privations - privations; privation, privation
betoken - de la parole
"Take thee? Prithee for whom else than whom thou art? I take thee to be Hugh Hendon," said Miles, sharply.
The other continued, in the same soft tone-
"And whom dost thou imagine thyself to be?"
"Imagination hath nought to do with it! Dost thou pretend thou knowest me not for thy brother Miles Hendon?"
An expression of pleased surprise flitted across Hugh’s face, and he exclaimed-
"What! thou art not jesting? can the dead come to life? God be praised if it be so! Our poor lost boy restored to our arms after all these cruel years! Ah, it seems too good to be true, it is too good to be true-I charge thee, have pity, do not trifle with me! Quick-come to the light-let me scan thee well!"
jesting - plaisanterie; (jest) plaisanterie
Praised - loué; louange, louange, louer, féliciter, prôner, vénérer
He seized Miles by the arm, dragged him to the window, and began to devour him from head to foot with his eyes, turning him this way and that, and stepping briskly around him and about him to prove him from all points of view; whilst the returned prodigal, all aglow with gladness, smiled, laughed, and kept nodding his head and saying-
devour - dévorer
stepping - en marche; pas
aglow - l'éclat
nodding - hochement de tete; (nod); dodeliner, hocher, hochement
"Go on, brother, go on, and fear not; thou’lt find nor limb nor feature that cannot bide the test. Scour and scan me to thy content, my good old Hugh-I am indeed thy old Miles, thy same old Miles, thy lost brother, is’t not so? Ah, ‘tis a great day-I said ‘twas a great day! Give me thy hand, give me thy cheek-lord, I am like to die of very joy!"
feature - caractéristiques; ; caractéristique, particularité, spécialité
scour - récurer; récurer
He was about to throw himself upon his brother; but Hugh put up his hand in dissent, then dropped his chin mournfully upon his breast, saying with emotion-
mournfully - en deuil
emotion - l'émotion; ; émotion
"Ah, God of his mercy give me strength to bear this grievous disappointment!"
Miles, amazed, could not speak for a moment; then he found his tongue, and cried out-
"What disappointment? Am I not thy brother?"
Hugh shook his head sadly, and said-
"I pray heaven it may prove so, and that other eyes may find the resemblances that are hid from mine. Alack, I fear me the letter spoke but too truly."
resemblances - ressemblances; ressemblance, ressemblance, comparaison
"What letter?"
"One that came from over sea, some six or seven years ago. It said my brother died in battle."
"It was a lie! Call thy father-he will know me."
"One may not call the dead."
"Dead?" Miles’s voice was subdued, and his lips trembled. "My father dead!-oh, this is heavy news. Half my new joy is withered now. Prithee let me see my brother Arthur-he will know me; he will know me and console me."
trembled - tremblait; trembler, vibrer, trembler, tremblement, vibration
console - console; consolons, consolent, consoler, consolez
"He, also, is dead."
"God be merciful to me, a stricken man! Gone,-both gone-the worthy taken and the worthless spared, in me! Ah! I crave your mercy!-do not say the Lady Edith-"
worthless - sans valeur, ne vaut rien, misérable, nul
spared - épargnée; se passer de
"Is dead? No, she lives."
"Then, God be praised, my joy is whole again! Speed thee, brother-let her come to me! An’ she say I am not myself-but she will not; no, no, she will know me, I were a fool to doubt it. Bring her-bring the old servants; they, too, will know me."
"All are gone but five-Peter, Halsey, David, Bernard, and Margaret."
Peter - peter; ; Pierre, Pierre, P
David - david; David, David
So saying, Hugh left the room. Miles stood musing a while, then began to walk the floor, muttering-
"The five arch-villains have survived the two-and-twenty leal and honest-‘tis an odd thing."
arch - arch; dôme
villains - des méchants; scélérat, méchant, vilain, paysan
survived - a survécu; survivre
odd thing - une chose étrange
He continued walking back and forth, muttering to himself; he had forgotten the King entirely. By-and-by his Majesty said gravely, and with a touch of genuine compassion, though the words themselves were capable of being interpreted ironically-
entirely - entierement; ; entierement, entierement (1)
interpreted - interprétées; interpréter, traduire, interpréter
ironically - ironiquement
"Mind not thy mischance, good man; there be others in the world whose identity is denied, and whose claims are derided. Thou hast company."
identity - l'identité; ; identité
claims - demandes; réclamation, titre, affirmation, réclamation
derided - tourné en dérision; bafouer, railler
"Ah, my King," cried Hendon, colouring slightly, "do not thou condemn me-wait, and thou shalt see. I am no impostor-she will say it; you shall hear it from the sweetest lips in England. I an impostor? Why, I know this old hall, these pictures of my ancestors, and all these things that are about us, as a child knoweth its own nursery.
condemn - condamner, déclarer coupable
sweetest - le plus doux; doucement, friandise, bonbon, sucreries-p
ancestors - ancetres; ancetre
nursery - pépiniere; ; creche, pouponniere, pépiniere
Here was I born and bred, my lord; I speak the truth; I would not deceive thee; and should none else believe, I pray thee do not thou doubt me-I could not bear it."
"I do not doubt thee," said the King, with a childlike simplicity and faith.
"I thank thee out of my heart!" exclaimed Hendon with a fervency which showed that he was touched. The King added, with the same gentle simplicity-
fervency - ferveur
"Dost thou doubt me?"
A guilty confusion seized upon Hendon, and he was grateful that the door opened to admit Hugh, at that moment, and saved him the necessity of replying.
guilty - coupable, coupable
necessity - nécessité, besoin
replying - répondre; répondre, réponse, réponse
A beautiful lady, richly clothed, followed Hugh, and after her came several liveried servants. The lady walked slowly, with her head bowed and her eyes fixed upon the floor. The face was unspeakably sad. Miles Hendon sprang forward, crying out-
liveried - habillé
"Oh, my Edith, my darling-"
darling - chéri, chérie
But Hugh waved him back, gravely, and said to the lady-
"Look upon him. Do you know him?"
At the sound of Miles’s voice the woman had started slightly, and her cheeks had flushed; she was trembling now. She stood still, during an impressive pause of several moments; then slowly lifted up her head and looked into Hendon’s eyes with a stony and frightened gaze; the blood sank out of her face, drop by drop, till nothing remained but the grey pallor of death; then she said, in a voice as dead as the face, "I know him not!
stony - pierreux; ; froid, sec
drop by drop - goutte a goutte
pallor of death - la pâleur de la mort
and turned, with a moan and a stifled sob, and tottered out of the room.
stifled - étouffé; étouffer
sob - sanglot; ; fdp
tottered - chancelante; tituber, chute, écroulement
Miles Hendon sank into a chair and covered his face with his hands. After a pause, his brother said to the servants-
"You have observed him. Do you know him?"
They shook their heads; then the master said-
"The servants know you not, sir. I fear there is some mistake. You have seen that my wife knew you not."
"Thy wife!" In an instant Hugh was pinned to the wall, with an iron grip about his throat. "Oh, thou fox-hearted slave, I see it all! Thou’st writ the lying letter thyself, and my stolen bride and goods are its fruit. There-now get thee gone, lest I shame mine honourable soldiership with the slaying of so pitiful a mannikin!"
pinned - épinglé; épingle
bride - mariée; fiancée, prétendu
soldiership - le métier de soldat
slaying - massacre; (slay) massacre
mannikin - mannikin
Hugh, red-faced, and almost suffocated, reeled to the nearest chair, and commanded the servants to seize and bind the murderous stranger. They hesitated, and one of them said-
suffocated - étouffé; suffoquer, suffoquer, étouffer
reeled - enroulé; reel, bobine, enrouleur, embobiner, enrouler, tituber
bind - lier, attacher, nouer, connecter, coupler
murderous - meurtriere
"He is armed, Sir Hugh, and we are weaponless."
"Armed! What of it, and ye so many? Upon him, I say!"
What of it - Qu'en est-il
But Miles warned them to be careful what they did, and added-
"Ye know me of old-I have not changed; come on, an’ it like you."
This reminder did not hearten the servants much; they still held back.
held back - retenu
"Then go, ye paltry cowards, and arm yourselves and guard the doors, whilst I send one to fetch the watch!" said Hugh. He turned at the threshold, and said to Miles, "You’ll find it to your advantage to offend not with useless endeavours at escape."
cowards - des lâches; couard, couarde, poltron, poltronne, froussard
useless - inutile, inutilisable, bon a rien
endeavours - des efforts; s''efforcer (de)
"Escape? Spare thyself discomfort, an’ that is all that troubles thee. For Miles Hendon is master of Hendon Hall and all its belongings. He will remain-doubt it not."
The King sat musing a few moments, then looked up and said-
"‘Tis strange-most strange. I cannot account for it."
"No, it is not strange, my liege. I know him, and this conduct is but natural. He was a rascal from his birth."
"Oh, I spake not of him, Sir Miles."
"Not of him? Then of what? What is it that is strange?"
"That the King is not missed."
"How? Which? I doubt I do not understand."
"Indeed? Doth it not strike you as being passing strange that the land is not filled with couriers and proclamations describing my person and making search for me? Is it no matter for commotion and distress that the Head of the State is gone; that I am vanished away and lost?"
couriers - les coursiers; coursier, messager
"Most true, my King, I had forgot." Then Hendon sighed, and muttered to himself, "Poor ruined mind-still busy with its pathetic dream."
"But I have a plan that shall right us both-I will write a paper, in three tongues-Latin, Greek and English-and thou shalt haste away with it to London in the morning. Give it to none but my uncle, the Lord Hertford; when he shall see it, he will know and say I wrote it. Then he will send for me."
send for - envoyer pour
"Might it not be best, my Prince, that we wait here until I prove myself and make my rights secure to my domains? I should be so much the better able then to-"
secure - sécurisé; ; sur, sécuriser
domains - domaines; domaine, domaine, domaine de définition, domaine
The King interrupted him imperiously-
imperiously - impérieusement
"Peace! What are thy paltry domains, thy trivial interests, contrasted with matters which concern the weal of a nation and the integrity of a throne?" Then, he added, in a gentle voice, as if he were sorry for his severity, "Obey, and have No fear; I will right thee, I will make thee whole-yes, more than whole. I shall remember, and requite."
trivial - insignifiante; ; trivial, anodin, banal
contrasted with - contrasté avec
weal - le bien-etre
No fear - Pas de peur
So saying, he took the pen, and set himself to work. Hendon contemplated him lovingly a while, then said to himself-
"An’ it were dark, I should think it was a king that spoke; there’s no denying it, when the humour’s upon on him he doth thunder and lighten like your true King; now where got he that trick? See him scribble and scratch away contentedly at his meaningless pot-hooks, fancying them to be Latin and Greek-and except my wit shall serve me with a lucky device for diverting him from his purpose, I shall be forced to pretend to post away to-morrow on this wild errand he hath invented for me.
denying - refusant; nier, démentir, refuser
scribble - gribouiller; griffonner
scratch - gratter, égratigner, piquer, rayer, biffer, oblitérer
meaningless - sans signification; ; dénué de sens, dépourvu de sens
pot - l'herbe; pot
fancying - a l'envie; envie, caprice
lucky - chanceux, heureux, veinard, fortuné
device - appareil, dispositif, stratageme, ruse, manouvre
diverting - détourner; dévier, divertir
invented - inventé; inventer, inventer, inventer
The next moment Sir Miles’s thoughts had gone back to the recent episode. So absorbed was he in his musings, that when the King presently handed him the paper which he had been writing, he received it and pocketed it without being conscious of the act. "How marvellous strange she acted," he muttered. "I think she knew me-and I think she did not know me. These opinions do conflict, I perceive it plainly; I cannot reconcile them, neither can I, by argument, dismiss either of the two, or even persuade one to outweigh the other. The matter standeth simply thus: she must have known my face, my figure, my voice, for how could it be otherwise? Yet she saidshe knew me not, and that is proof perfect, for she cannot lie.
gone back - est reparti
musings - des réflexions; songeur, pensif, pensée
pocketed - empochée; poche, empocher, de poche
reconcile - se réconcilier; ; réconcilier
persuade - persuader
saidshe - dit-elle
Proof - la preuve; ; preuve, épreuve
But stop-I think I begin to see. Peradventure he hath influenced her, commanded her, compelled her to lie. That is the solution. The riddle is unriddled. She seemed dead with fear-yes, she was under his compulsion. I will seek her; I will find her; now that He is away, she will speak her true mind. She will remember the old times when we were little playfellows together, and this will soften her heart, and she will no more betray me, but will confess me. There is no treacherous blood in her-no, she was always honest and true. She has loved me, in those old days-this is my security; for whom one has loved, one cannot betray."
influenced - influencée; influence, influence, influencer, influer
compelled - contraint; contraindre, forcer, obliger, contraindre
He is away - Il est absent
soften - s'adoucir; ; adoucir
He stepped eagerly toward the door; at that moment it opened, and the Lady Edith entered. She was very pale, but she walked with a firm step, and her carriage was full of grace and gentle dignity. Her face was as sad as before.
Miles sprang forward, with a happy confidence, to meet her, but she checked him with a hardly perceptible gesture, and he stopped where he was. She seated herself, and asked him to do likewise.
perceptible - perceptible
Thus simply did she take the sense of old comradeship out of him, and transform him into a stranger and a guest. The surprise of it, the bewildering unexpectedness of it, made him begin to question, for a moment, if he was the person he was pretending to be, after all. The Lady Edith said-
transform - transformer, transformée
bewildering - déconcertant; abasourdir, confondre, déconcerter, dérouter
unexpectedness - soudaineté
pretending - faire semblant; prétendre, prétendre a, feindre, faire semblant
"Sir, I have come to warn you. The mad cannot be persuaded out of their delusions, perchance; but doubtless they may be persuaded to avoid perils. I think this dream of yours hath the seeming of honest truth to you, and therefore is not criminal-but do not tarry here with it; for here it is dangerous.
criminal - criminel, criminel, criminelle
She looked steadily into Miles’s face a moment, then added, impressively, "It is the more dangerous for that you are much like what our lost lad must have grown to be if he had lived."
more dangerous - plus dangereux
"Heavens, madam, but I am he!"
heavens - les cieux; ciel, ciel, paradis, au-dela, cieux-p, paradis
"I truly think you think it, sir. I question not your honesty in that; I but warn you, that is all. My husband is master in this region; his power hath hardly any limit; the people prosper or starve, as he wills. If you resembled not the man whom you profess to be, my husband might bid you pleasure yourself with your dream in peace; but trust me, I know him well; I know what he will do; he will say to all that you are but a mad impostor, and straightway all will echo him.
honesty - l'honneteté; ; honneteté
Prosper - prospérer
bid - offre; impératifs, prier
Echo - echo; ; écho
She bent upon Miles that same steady look once more, and added: "If you were Miles Hendon, and he knew it and all the region knew it-consider what I am saying, weigh it well-you would stand in the same peril, your punishment would be no less sure; he would deny you and denounce you, and none would be bold enough to give you countenance."
weigh - peser, lever l’ancre
"Most truly I believe it," said Miles, bitterly. "The power that can command one life-long friend to betray and disown another, and be obeyed, may well look to be obeyed in quarters where bread and life are on the stake and no cobweb ties of loyalty and honour are concerned."
bitterly - amerement; ; amerement
disown - renier
cobweb - toile d'araignée; toile d''araignée
ties - liens; attacher
loyalty - la loyauté; ; loyauté
concerned - préoccupé; inquiétude, souci, soin, souci, préoccupation
A faint tinge appeared for a moment in the lady’s cheek, and she dropped her eyes to the floor; but her voice betrayed no emotion when she proceeded-
tinge - teinte, touche, nuance, teindre
"I have warned you-I must still warn you-to go hence. This man will destroy you, else. He is a tyrant who knows no pity. I, who am his fettered slave, know this. Poor Miles, and Arthur, and my dear guardian, Sir Richard, are free of him, and at rest: better that you were with them than that you bide here in the clutches of this miscreant.
Miscreant - mécréant, mécréant, mécréante, parpaillot
Your pretensions are a menace to his title and possessions; you have assaulted him in his own house: you are ruined if you stay. Go-do not hesitate. If you lack money, take this purse, I beg of you, and bribe the servants to let you pass. Oh, be warned, poor soul, and escape while you may."
menace - menace; menacer
bribe - pot-de-vin, verser un pot-de-vin, soudoyer, corrompre
Miles declined the purse with a gesture, and rose up and stood before her.
"Grant me one thing," he said. "Let your eyes rest upon mine, so that I may see if they be steady. There-now answer me. Am I Miles Hendon?"
rest upon - repose sur
"No. I know you not."
"Swear it!"
swear - jurer; jurer, blasphémer, jurez, jurons, jurent
The answer was low, but distinct-
distinct - distinct, intelligible, reconnaissable
"I swear."
"Oh, this passes belief!"
passes - passe; passer (devant), dépasser
belief - croyance, conviction, foi
"Fly! Why will you waste the precious time? Fly, and save yourself."
At that moment the officers burst into the room, and a violent struggle began; but Hendon was soon overpowered and dragged away. The King was taken also, and both were bound and led to prison.
overpowered - surpuissant; soumettre
prison - prison
The cells were all crowded; so the two friends were chained in a large room where persons charged with trifling offences were commonly kept. They had company, for there were some twenty manacled and fettered prisoners here, of both sexes and of varying ages,-an obscene and noisy gang. The King chafed bitterly over the stupendous indignity thus put upon his royalty, but Hendon was moody and taciturn. He was pretty thoroughly bewildered; he had come home, a jubilant prodigal, expecting to find everybody wild with joy over his return; and instead had got the cold shoulder and a jail.
cells - cellules; cellule
crowded - encombré; foule
chained - enchaîné; chaîne, chaîne, chaîne, chaîne, enchaîner, enchaîner
commonly - communément; ; fréquemment
varying - varier; varier, varier, varier
obscene - obscene; ; obscene
chafed - par frottement; chauffer en frictionnant, inflammation
moody - de mauvaise humeur; ; lunatique, mélancolique, lugubre
taciturn - taciturne
The promise and the fulfilment differed so widely that the effect was stunning; he could not decide whether it was most tragic or most grotesque. He felt much as a man might who had danced blithely out to enjoy a rainbow, and got struck by lightning.
fulfilment - l'accomplissement; ; satisfaction
differed - différaient; différer (de)
widely - largement, généralement, fréquemment, communément
most tragic - le plus tragique
most grotesque - le plus grotesque
rainbow - arc-en-ciel, iridescent, checkmulticolore, polychromer
But gradually his confused and tormenting thoughts settled down into some sort of order, and then his mind centred itself upon Edith. He turned her conduct over, and examined it in all lights, but he could not make anything satisfactory out of it. Did she know him-or didn’t she know him? It was a perplexing puzzle, and occupied him a long time; but he ended, finally, with the conviction that she did know him, and had repudiated him for interested reasons.
tormenting - tourmenter; (torment); tourment, tourmenter
satisfactory - satisfaisante; ; satisfaisant
repudiated - répudié; répudier, nier, répudier
He wanted to load her name with curses now; but this name had so long been sacred to him that he found he could not bring his tongue to profane it.
load - charge; chargement, fardeau
Wrapped in prison blankets of a soiled and tattered condition, Hendon and the King passed a troubled night. For a bribe the jailer had furnished liquor to some of the prisoners; singing of ribald songs, fighting, shouting, and carousing was the natural consequence. At last, a while after midnight, a man attacked a woman and nearly killed her by beating her over the head with his manacles before the jailer could come to the rescue.
consequence - conséquence
attacked - attaqué; attaque, attaque, attaquer, attaquer, apostropher
The jailer restored peace by giving the man a sound clubbing about the head and shoulders-then the carousing ceased; and after that, all had an opportunity to sleep who did not mind the annoyance of the moanings and groanings of the two wounded people.
annoyance - l'agacement; ; ennui, nuisance, irritation, checkagacement
moanings - gémissements
During the ensuing week, the days and nights were of a monotonous sameness as to events; men whose faces Hendon remembered more or less distinctly, came, by day, to gaze at the ‘impostor’ and repudiate and insult him; and by night the carousing and brawling went on with symmetrical regularity. However, there was a change of incident at last. The jailer brought in an old man, and said to him-
ensuing - qui s'ensuit; résulter, découler
monotonous - monotone
repudiate - répudier, nier
symmetrical - symétrique
regularity - régularité
incident - incident, checkfait-divers, checkaccident
"The villain is in this room-cast thy old eyes about and see if thou canst say which is he."
Hendon glanced up, and experienced a pleasant sensation for the first time since he had been in the jail. He said to himself, "This is Blake Andrews, a servant all his life in my father’s family-a good honest soul, with a right heart in his breast. That is, formerly. But none are true now; all are liars. This man will know me-and will deny me, too, like the rest."
sensation - sensation
Andrews - andrews; André, André
Formerly - auparavant, autrefois, anciennement
liars - menteurs; menteur, menteuse
The old man gazed around the room, glanced at each face in turn, and finally said-
"I see none here but paltry knaves, scum o’ the streets. Which is he?"
The jailer laughed.
"Here," he said; "scan this big animal, and grant me an opinion."
The old man approached, and looked Hendon over, long and earnestly, then shook his head and said-
"Marry, this is no Hendon-nor ever was!"
"Right! Thy old eyes are sound yet. An’ I were Sir Hugh, I would take the shabby carle and-"
carle - carle
The jailer finished by lifting himself a-tip-toe with an imaginary halter, at the same time making a gurgling noise in his throat suggestive of suffocation. The old man said, vindictively-
tip - pourboire; pronostic, indication, pourboire, terminaison
toe - l'orteil; ; orteil, doigt de pied
gurgling - gargouillis; (gurgle); gargouiller, gargouillis
suggestive - suggestif
suffocation - l'asphyxie; ; suffocation
vindictively - de maniere vindicative
"Let him bless God an’ he fare no worse. An’ I had the handling o’ the villain he should roast, or I am no true man!"
roast - rôtir, incendier, rôti, bien-cuit
The jailer laughed a pleasant hyena laugh, and said-
hyena - hyene; ; hyene
"Give him a piece of thy mind, old man-they all do it. Thou’lt find it good diversion."
diversion - diversion, déviation
Then he sauntered toward his ante-room and disappeared. The old man dropped upon his knees and whispered-
ante - ante; ; mise, miser
"God be thanked, thou’rt come again, my master! I believed thou wert dead these seven years, and lo, here thou art alive! I knew thee the moment I saw thee; and main hard work it was to keep a stony countenance and seem to see none here but tuppenny knaves and rubbish o’ the streets. I am old and poor, Sir Miles; but say the word and I will go forth and proclaim the truth though I be strangled for it."
strangled - étranglé; étrangler
"No," said Hendon; "thou shalt not. It would ruin thee, and yet help but little in my cause. But I thank thee, for thou hast given me back somewhat of my lost faith in my kind."
The old servant became very valuable to Hendon and the King; for he dropped in several times a day to ‘abuse’ the former, and always smuggled in a few delicacies to help out the prison bill of fare; he also furnished the current news. Hendon reserved the dainties for the King; without them his Majesty might not have survived, for he was not able to eat the coarse and wretched food provided by the jailer.
dropped in - déposé
smuggled - en contrebande; passer en contrebande, contrebander
delicacies - délices; délicatesse, gourmandise
help out - aider
current - courant, présent, actuel
reserved - réservé; réservation, réserve, réserves-p, réserve, réserve
wretched - misérable
Andrews was obliged to confine himself to brief visits, in order to avoid suspicion; but he managed to impart a fair degree of information each time-information delivered in a low voice, for Hendon’s benefit, and interlarded with insulting epithets delivered in a louder voice for the benefit of other hearers.
confine - enfermer; ; confiner, limite
louder - plus fort; fort
So, little by little, the story of the family came out. Arthur had been dead six years. This loss, with the absence of news from Hendon, impaired the father’s health; he believed he was going to die, and he wished to see Hugh and Edith settled in life before he passed away; but Edith begged hard for delay, hoping for Miles’s return; then the letter came which brought the news of Miles’s death; the shock prostrated Sir Richard; he believed his end was very near, and he and Hugh insisted upon the marriage; Edith begged for and obtained a month’s respite, then another, and finally a third; the marriage then took place by the death-bed of Sir Richard.
absence - absence, manque, absence du fer
impaired - altérée; détériorer, abîmer, affaiblir, affecter, altérer
wished - souhaité; souhait, souhaiter, espérer, souhaiter
marriage - mariage, noces
It had not proved a happy one. It was whispered about the country that shortly after the nuptials the bride found among her husband’s papers several rough and incomplete drafts of the fatal letter, and had accused him of precipitating the marriage-and Sir Richard’s death, too-by a wicked forgery. Tales of cruelty to the Lady Edith and the servants were to be heard on all hands; and since the father’s death Sir Hugh had thrown off all soft disguises and become a pitiless master toward all who in any way depended upon him and his domains for bread.
shortly - dans peu de temps; ; rapidement, brievement
nuptials - nuptiales; nuptial
incomplete - incomplete
drafts - des projets; courant d'air, gorgée, biere a la pression
fatal - fatale; ; fatal
precipitating - précipitant; précipité
Forgery - contrefaçon, checkfalsification, checkfaux, checkinvention
cruelty - la cruauté; ; cruauté
thrown - jeté; jeter, lancer
disguises - des déguisements; déguisement, déguiser
depended - dépendait; dépendre, pendre
There was a bit of Andrew’s gossip which the King listened to with a lively interest-
"There is rumour that the King is mad. But in charity forbear to say I mentioned it, for ‘tis death to speak of it, they say."
His Majesty glared at the old man and said-
glared - éblouie; éclat, éclat
"The King is not mad, good man-and thou’lt find it to thy advantage to busy thyself with matters that nearer concern thee than this seditious prattle."
seditious - séditieux
prattle - bavardage; ; bavarder
"What doth the lad mean?" said Andrews, surprised at this brisk assault from such an unexpected quarter. Hendon gave him a sign, and he did not pursue his question, but went on with his budget-
assault - d'agression; ; assaut, agression, attaquer, agresser
budget - budget, budgétaire
"The late King is to be buried at Windsor in a day or two-the 16th of the month-and the new King will be crowned at Westminster the 20th."
"Methinks they must needs find him first," muttered his Majesty; then added, confidently, "but they will look to that-and so also shall I."
confidently - en toute confiance
"In the name of-"
But the old man got no further-a warning sign from Hendon checked his remark. He resumed the thread of his gossip-
"Sir Hugh goeth to the coronation-and with grand hopes. He confidently looketh to come back a peer, for he is high in favour with the Lord Protector."
coronation - couronnement
in favour - en faveur
"What Lord Protector?" asked his Majesty.
"His Grace the Duke of Somerset."
"What Duke of Somerset?"
"Marry, there is but one-Seymour, Earl of Hertford."
The King asked sharply-
"Since when is he a duke, and Lord Protector?"
"Since the last day of January."
"And prithee who made him so?"
"Himself and the Great Council-with help of the King."
His Majesty started violently. "The King!" he cried. "What king, good sir?"
"What king, indeed! (God-a-mercy, what aileth the boy?) Sith we have but one, ‘tis not difficult to answer-his most sacred Majesty King Edward the Sixth-whom God preserve! Yea, and a dear and gracious little urchin is he, too; and whether he be mad or no-and they say he mendeth daily-his praises are on all men’s lips; and all bless him, likewise, and offer prayers that he may be spared to reign long in England; for he began humanely with saving the old Duke of Norfolk’s life, and now is he bent on destroying the cruellest of the laws that harry and oppress the people.
urchin - oursin; ; garnement
praises - des louanges; louange, louange, louer, féliciter, prôner
be spared - etre épargnée
humanely - humainement
bent on - penché sur
destroying - détruisant; détruire, euthanasier
cruellest - le plus cruel; cruel (envers)
oppress - opprimer, oppresser
This news struck his Majesty dumb with amazement, and plunged him into so deep and dismal a reverie that he heard no more of the old man’s gossip. He wondered if the ‘little urchin’ was the beggar-boy whom he left dressed in his own garments in the palace. It did not seem possible that this could be, for surely his manners and speech would betray him if he pretended to be the Prince of Wales-then he would be driven out, and search made for the true prince.
dismal - lamentable, misérable, morne, lugubre, déprimant
garments - vetements; vetement
driven out - chassé
Could it be that the Court had set up some sprig of the nobility in his place? No, for his uncle would not allow that-he was all-powerful and could and would crush such a movement, of course. The boy’s musings profited him nothing; the more he tried to unriddle the mystery the more perplexed he became, the more his head ached, and the worse he slept. His impatience to get to London grew hourly, and his captivity became almost unendurable.
sprig - brin, rameau
all-powerful - (all-powerful) tout puissant
crush - le coup de foudre; ; barricade, béguin, amourette, faible
profited - en a profité; profit, gain, bénéfice, bénéfice, profitable
unriddle - Unriddle
mystery - mystere; ; mystere
ached - a souffert; douleur
unendurable - insoutenable
Hendon’s arts all failed with the King-he could not be comforted; but a couple of women who were chained near him succeeded better. Under their gentle ministrations he found peace and learned a degree of patience. He was very grateful, and came to love them dearly and to delight in the sweet and soothing influence of their presence. He asked them why they were in prison, and when they said they were Baptists, he smiled, and inquired-
soothing - apaisant, pacifiant, rassurant; (sooth); apaisant, pacifiant
Baptists - les baptistes; baptiste, baptiste
"Is that a crime to be shut up for in a prison? Now I grieve, for I shall lose ye-they will not keep ye long for such a little thing."
long for - longtemps
They did not answer; and something in their faces made him uneasy. He said, eagerly-
"You do not speak; be good to me, and tell me-there will be no other punishment? Prithee tell me there is no fear of that."
They tried to change the topic, but his fears were aroused, and he pursued it-
aroused - excité; émoustiller, exciter
"Will they scourge thee? No, no, they would not be so cruel! Say they would not. Come, they will not, will they?"
The women betrayed confusion and distress, but there was no avoiding an answer, so one of them said, in a voice choked with emotion-
avoiding - en évitant; éviter, éviter, fuir
choked - étouffé; suffoquer, étouffer
"Oh, thou’lt break our hearts, thou gentle spirit!-God will help us to bear our-"
"It is a confession!" the King broke in. "Then they will scourge thee, the stony-hearted wretches! But oh, thou must not weep, I cannot bear it. Keep up thy courage-I shall come to my own in time to save thee from this bitter thing, and I will do it!"
confession - confession
wretches - misérables; malheureux/-euse
When the King awoke in the morning, the women were gone.
"They are saved!" he said, joyfully; then added, despondently, "but woe is me!-for they were my comforters."
comforters - des doudous; consolateur
Each of them had left a shred of ribbon pinned to his clothing, in token of remembrance. He said he would keep these things always; and that soon he would seek out these dear good friends of his and take them under his protection.
shred - déchiqueter; lambeau
token - de jeton; ; symbole, jeton, symbolique
Just then the jailer came in with some subordinates, and commanded that the prisoners be conducted to the jail-yard. The King was overjoyed-it would be a blessed thing to see the blue sky and breathe the fresh air once more. He fretted and chafed at the slowness of the officers, but his turn came at last, and he was released from his staple and ordered to follow the other prisoners with Hendon.
subordinates - des subordonnés; subordonné, subordonnée, subordonnés-p
fretted - fretté; (se) tracasser (pour)
slowness - lenteur
staple - l'agrafe; parenthese
The court or quadrangle was stone-paved, and open to the sky. The prisoners entered it through a massive archway of masonry, and were placed in file, standing, with their backs against the wall. A rope was stretched in front of them, and they were also guarded by their officers.
quadrangle - quadrangle; cour
paved - pavé; paver, paver
massive - massive; ; massif
archway - arcade
It was a chill and lowering morning, and a light snow which had fallen during the night whitened the great empty space and added to the general dismalness of its aspect. Now and then a wintry wind shivered through the place and sent the snow eddying hither and thither.
whitened - blanchi; blanchir, blanchir
empty space - un espace vide
dismalness - la morosité
wintry - hivernal, hibernal
shivered - frissonné; frissonner
eddying - eddying; tourbillon
In the centre of the court stood two women, chained to posts. A glance showed the King that these were his good friends. He shuddered, and said to himself, "Alack, they are not gone free, as I had thought. To think that such as these should know the lash!-in England! Ay, there’s the shame of it-not in Heathennesse, Christian England! They will be scourged; and I, whom they have comforted and kindly entreated, must look on and see the great wrong done; it is strange, so strange, that I, the very source of power in this broad realm, am helpless to protect them.
Ay - il est vrai que
Christian - chrétien; chrétien, chrétienne, Christian, chrétien
scourged - flagellé; fléau, écourgée, fouet, fouetter
But let these miscreants look well to themselves, for there is a day coming when I will require of them a heavy reckoning for this work. For every blow they strike now, they shall feel a hundred then."
miscreants - mécréants; mécréant, mécréant, mécréante, parpaillot
reckoning - le calcul; ; calculer, estimer
A great gate swung open, and a crowd of citizens poured in. They flocked around the two women, and hid them from the King’s view. A clergyman entered and passed through the crowd, and he also was hidden.
poured in - versée
clergyman - ecclésiastique; ; pretre, clerc
passed through - a traversé
hidden - caché; (se) cacher
The King now heard talking, back and forth, as if questions were being asked and answered, but he could not make out what was said. Next there was a deal of bustle and preparation, and much passing and repassing of officials through that part of the crowd that stood on the further side of the women; and whilst this proceeded a deep hush gradually fell upon the people.
bustle - l'agitation; ; affairement, branlebas, remue-ménage, agitation
Now, by command, the masses parted and fell aside, and the King saw a spectacle that froze the marrow in his bones. Faggots had been piled about the two women, and a kneeling man was lighting them!
masses - masses; amas
froze - gelé; geler
piled - empilés; pile, tas
The women bowed their heads, and covered their faces with their hands; the yellow flames began to climb upward among the snapping and crackling faggots, and wreaths of blue smoke to stream away on the wind; the clergyman lifted his hands and began a prayer-just then two young girls came flying through the great gate, uttering piercing screams, and threw themselves upon the women at the stake. Instantly they were torn away by the officers, and one of them was kept in a tight grip, but the other broke loose, saying she would die with her mother; and before she could be stopped she had flung her arms about her mother’s neck again. She was torn away once more, and with her gown on fire. Two or three men held her, and the burning portion of her gown was snatched off and thrown flaming aside, she struggling all the while to free herself, and saying she would be alone in the world, now; and begging to be allowed to die with her mother. Both the girls screamed continually, and fought for freedom; but suddenly this tumult was drowned under a volley of heart-piercing shrieks of mortal agony-the King glanced from the frantic girls to the stake, then turned away and leaned his ashen face against the wall, and looked no more.
Snapping - des claquages; le claquement de doigts; (snap); claquer
crackling - crépitement; ; couenne rissolee; (crackle); crépitement
wreaths - couronnes; couronne, guirlande, tortil
smoke - la fumée; fumons, griller, fumer, fument, fumée, fumez
stream - flux; ; ruisseau, ru, rupt, filet, flot, courant
uttering - prononcer; (utter) prononcer
piercing - piercing, perçant; (pierce); piercing, perçant
screams - des cris; cri, crier
torn away - arraché
screamed - crié; cri, crier
tumult - tumultes; ; barouf, baroufe, bagarre
drowned - noyé; noyer
shrieks - des cris; hurlement, crier
He said, "That which I have seen, in that one little moment, will never go out from my memory, but will abide there; and I shall see it all the days, and dream of it all the nights, till I die. Would God I had been blind!"
Hendon was watching the King. He said to himself, with satisfaction, "His disorder mendeth; he hath changed, and groweth gentler. If he had followed his wont, he would have stormed at these varlets, and said he was King, and commanded that the women be turned loose unscathed. Soon his delusion will pass away and be forgotten, and his poor mind will be whole again. God speed the day!"
disorder - désordre, trouble
groweth - se développe
gentler - plus doux; gentil, doux, gentil
delusion - illusion, délire
pass away - passer
That same day several prisoners were brought in to remain over night, who were being conveyed, under guard, to various places in the kingdom, to undergo punishment for crimes committed. The King conversed with these-he had made it a point, from the beginning, to instruct himself for the kingly office by questioning prisoners whenever the opportunity offered-and the tale of their woes wrung his heart. One of them was a poor half-witted woman who had stolen a yard or two of cloth from a weaver-she was to be hanged for it. Another was a man who had been accused of stealing a horse; he said the proof had failed, and he had imagined that he was safe from the halter; but no-he was hardly free before he was arraigned for killing a deer in the King’s park; this was proved against him, and now he was on his way to the gallows.
undergo - subir
conversed - conversé; converser
woes - malheurs; tristesse, douleur, misere, malheur, hélas
weaver - tisserand, tisserande, tisseur, tisseuse, tisserin
stealing - le vol; (steal); voler, vol
arraigned - mis en accusation; traduire en justice, accuser
killing - tuer; ; meurtre; (kill) tuer; ; meurtre
deer - cerf, chevreuil
There was a tradesman’s apprentice whose case particularly distressed the King; this youth said he found a hawk, one evening, that had escaped from its owner, and he took it home with him, imagining himself entitled to it; but the court convicted him of stealing it, and sentenced him to death.
tradesman - artisan
apprentice - apprenti
hawk - faucon; autour
entitled - habilité; intituler
The King was furious over these inhumanities, and wanted Hendon to break jail and fly with him to Westminster, so that he could mount his throne and hold out his sceptre in mercy over these unfortunate people and save their lives. "Poor child," sighed Hendon, "these woeful tales have brought his malady upon him again; alack, but for this evil hap, he would have been well in a little time."
hold out - tenir le coup
hap - hap
Among these prisoners was an old lawyer-a man with a strong face and a dauntless mien. Three years past, he had written a pamphlet against the Lord Chancellor, accusing him of injustice, and had been punished for it by the loss of his ears in the pillory, and degradation from the bar, and in addition had been fined 3,000 pounds and sentenced to imprisonment for life.
lawyer - juriste, homme de loi, femme de loi, avocat
dauntless - sans souci; ; indomptable
pamphlet - brochure; ; pamphlet
accusing - accuser; accuser
injustice - l'injustice; ; injustice
punished - puni; punir, châtier
pillory - pilori, mettre au pilori, clouer au pilori
degradation - dégradation
Addition - addition, ajout
Lately he had repeated his offence; and in consequence was now under sentence to lose what remained of his ears, pay a fine of 5,000 pounds, be branded on both cheeks, and remain in prison for life.
lately - dernierement
"These be honourable scars," he said, and turned back his grey hair and showed the mutilated stubs of what had once been his ears.
scars - cicatrices; cicatrice
stubs - des talons; souche, moignon, souche, talon, ébauche, moignon
The King’s eye burned with passion. He said-
"None believe in me-neither wilt thou. But no matter-within the compass of a month thou shalt be free; and more, the laws that have dishonoured thee, and shamed the English name, shall be swept from the statute books. The world is made wrong; kings should go to school to their own laws, at times, and so learn mercy." {1}
dishonoured - déshonorée; déshonneur, déshonorer
shamed - honteux; honte
statute - statut
Meantime Miles was growing sufficiently tired of confinement and inaction. But now his trial came on, to his great gratification, and he thought he could welcome any sentence provided a further imprisonment should not be a part of it. But he was mistaken about that. He was in a fine fury when he found himself described as a ‘sturdy vagabond’ and sentenced to sit two hours in the stocks for bearing that character and for assaulting the master of Hendon Hall.
inaction - l'inaction; ; inaction
vagabond - vagabond, vagabonde
assaulting - agresser; assaut, agression, attaquer, agresser
His pretensions as to brothership with his prosecutor, and rightful heirship to the Hendon honours and estates, were left contemptuously unnoticed, as being not even worth examination.
brothership - la fraternité
Prosecutor - procureur, procuratrice, procureuse
heirship - l'héritier
estates - les successions; patrimoine, noblesse, proprieté, , biens-p
unnoticed - inaperçue
examination - l'examen; ; examen
He raged and threatened on his way to punishment, but it did no good; he was snatched roughly along by the officers, and got an occasional cuff, besides, for his irreverent conduct.
raged - enragée; chiffon
occasional - occasionnel
cuff - manchette; manchette
irreverent - irrévérencieux
The King could not pierce through the rabble that swarmed behind; so he was obliged to follow in the rear, remote from his good friend and servant. The King had been nearly condemned to the stocks himself for being in such bad company, but had been let off with a lecture and a warning, in consideration of his youth. When the crowd at last halted, he flitted feverishly from point to point around its outer rim, hunting a place to get through; and at last, after a deal of difficulty and delay, succeeded. There sat his poor henchman in the degrading stocks, the sport and butt of a dirty mob-he, the body servant of the King of England!
swarmed - essaimé; essaim (flying insects)
let off - laissé partir
in consideration of - en considération de
rim - jante; jante
hunting - la chasse; (hunt); chasser, chercher, chasse
henchman - homme de main; ; sbire, séide, acolyte, sous-fifre
body servant - serviteur du corps
Edward had heard the sentence pronounced, but he had not realised the half that it meant. His anger began to rise as the sense of this new indignity which had been put upon him sank home; it jumped to summer heat, the next moment, when he saw an egg sail through the air and crush itself against Hendon’s cheek, and heard the crowd roar its enjoyment of the episode. He sprang across the open circle and confronted the officer in charge, crying-
jumped - a sauté; (faire) sauter
sail through - de naviguer
circle - cercle, disque, yeux cernés, cerne, cercler, entourer, encercler
confronted - confronté; confronter, confronter
"For shame! This is my servant-set him free! I am the-"
"Oh, peace!" exclaimed Hendon, in a panic, "thou’lt destroy thyself. Mind him not, officer, he is mad."
panic - panique; panique
"Give thyself no trouble as to the matter of minding him, good man, I have small mind to mind him; but as to teaching him somewhat, to that I am well inclined." He turned to a subordinate and said, "Give the little fool a taste or two of the lash, to mend his manners."
minding - l'esprit; esprit, t+raison, t+intelligence, mémoire
subordinate - subordonné, subordonnée, subordonnés, subordonnées
"Half a dozen will better serve his turn," suggested Sir Hugh, who had ridden up, a moment before, to take a passing glance at the proceedings.
proceedings - procédures; acte
The King was seized. He did not even struggle, so paralysed was he with the mere thought of the monstrous outrage that was proposed to be inflicted upon his sacred person. History was already defiled with the record of the scourging of an English king with whips-it was an intolerable reflection that he must furnish a duplicate of that shameful page.
paralysed - paralysé; paralyser
outrage - l'indignation; ; outrage, offense, colere, rage, indignation
scourging - la flagellation; fléau, écourgée, fouet, fouetter
reflection - réflexion, reflet, eaning 4
duplicate - dupliqué, dupliquée, copier, dupliquer, duplicata, double
He was in the toils, there was no help for him; he must either take this punishment or beg for its remission. Hard conditions; he would take the stripes-a king might do that, but a king could not beg.
remission - rémission
conditions - conditions; condition, condition, condition
stripes - des rayures; rayure, galon, rayer
But meantime, Miles Hendon was resolving the difficulty. "Let the child go," said he; "ye heartless dogs, do ye not see how young and frail he is? Let him go-I will take his lashes."
resolving - résoudre; prendre la résolution de
heartless - sans cour; ; sans-cour
lashes - cils; cil
"Marry, a good thought-and thanks for it," said Sir Hugh, his face lighting with a sardonic satisfaction. "Let the little beggar go, and give this fellow a dozen in his place-an honest dozen, well laid on." The King was in the act of entering a fierce protest, but Sir Hugh silenced him with the potent remark, "Yes, speak up, do, and free thy mind-only, mark ye, that for each word you utter he shall get six strokes the more."
sardonic - sardonique
laid on - posée
entering - entrant; entrant; (enter); entrer, rench: t-needed r, taper
silenced - réduit au silence; silence
potent - puissant
speak up - parler
strokes - coups; coup
Hendon was removed from the stocks, and his back laid bare; and whilst the lash was applied the poor little King turned away his face and allowed unroyal tears to channel his cheeks unchecked. "Ah, brave good heart," he said to himself, "this loyal deed shall never perish out of my memory. I will not forget it-and neither shall they!" he added, with passion. Whilst he mused, his appreciation of Hendon’s magnanimous conduct grew to greater and still greater dimensions in his mind, and so also did his gratefulness for it.
unchecked - non contrôlé
Presently he said to himself, "Who saves his prince from wounds and possible death-and this he did for me-performs high service; but it is little-it is nothing-oh, less than nothing!-when ‘tis weighed against the act of him who saves his prince from shame!"
saves - sauve; sauver, sauvegarder, épargner, préserver, protéger
performs - exécute; exécuter, performer, jouer (''actor'')
weighed - pesée; peser, peser, peser, peser, lever l’ancre
Hendon made no outcry under the scourge, but bore the heavy blows with soldierly fortitude. This, together with his redeeming the boy by taking his stripes for him, compelled the respect of even that forlorn and degraded mob that was gathered there; and its gibes and hootings died away, and no sound remained but the sound of the falling blows.
outcry - tollé; ; levée de boucliers
soldierly - militaire
fortitude - la force d'âme; ; fortitude
redeeming - racheter; racheter, libérer, secourir, libérer, soulager
The stillness that pervaded the place, when Hendon found himself once more in the stocks, was in strong contrast with the insulting clamour which had prevailed there so little a while before. The King came softly to Hendon’s side, and whispered in his ear-
pervaded - imprégné; saturer, pénétrer, envahir
contrast with - contraste avec
clamour - clameur; jacasser, clameur
"Kings cannot ennoble thee, thou good, great soul, for One who is higher than kings hath done that for thee; but a king can confirm thy nobility to men." He picked up the scourge from the ground, touched Hendon’s bleeding shoulders lightly with it, and whispered, "Edward of England dubs thee Earl!"
ennoble - ennoblir; ; anoblir
dubs - dubs; doubler
Hendon was touched. The water welled to his eyes, yet at the same time the grisly humour of the situation and circumstances so undermined his gravity that it was all he could do to keep some sign of his inward mirth from showing outside. To be suddenly hoisted, naked and gory, from the common stocks to the Alpine altitude and splendour of an Earldom, seemed to him the last possibility in the line of the grotesque. He said to himself, "Now am I finely tinselled, indeed! The spectre-knight of the Kingdom of Dreams and Shadows is become a spectre-earl-a dizzy flight for a callow wing!
undermined - minée; saper, saper
gravity - la gravité; ; gravité, pesanteur
Wing - aile, ailier, improviser
hoisted - hissé; hisser
gory - sanglant
Alpine - alpin, montagnard
altitude - l'altitude; ; altitude, hauteur
earldom - comté
possibility - possibilité
grotesque - grotesque
tinselled - tinselled; clinquant
dizzy - des vertiges; pris de vertige
An’ this go on, I shall presently be hung like a very maypole with fantastic gauds and make-believe honours. But I shall value them, all valueless as they are, for the love that doth bestow them. Better these poor mock dignities of mine, that come unasked, from a clean hand and a right spirit, than real ones bought by servility from grudging and interested power."
make-believe - (make-believe) faire semblant
valueless - sans valeur
dignities - dignités; dignité, forme, rang, dignité
unasked - non demandée
The dreaded Sir Hugh wheeled his horse about, and as he spurred away, the living wall divided silently to let him pass, and as silently closed together again. And so remained; nobody went so far as to venture a remark in favour of the prisoner, or in compliment to him; but no matter-the absence of abuse was a sufficient homage in itself.
dreaded - redouté; redouter, craindre, redouter, craindre, crainte
wheeled - sur roues; roue, barre, roue, rouler
spurred - éperonné; éperon
divided - divisé; diviser, fendre, partager, diviser
silently - en silence; ; silencieusement
compliment - compliment, complimenter, faire un compliment
A late comer who was not posted as to the present circumstances, and who delivered a sneer at the ‘impostor,’ and was in the act of following it with a dead cat, was promptly knocked down and kicked out, without any words, and then the deep quiet resumed sway once more.
comer - comer
sneer - ricaner
knocked down - renversé
sway - se balancer; ; autorité, poids, influence, prépondérance
When Hendon’s term of service in the stocks was finished, he was released and ordered to quit the region and come back no more. His sword was restored to him, and also his mule and his donkey. He mounted and rode off, followed by the King, the crowd opening with quiet respectfulness to let them pass, and then dispersing when they were gone.
quit - démissionner; quittons, quittez, démissioner, quittent
respectfulness - le respect
dispersing - la dispersion; disperser, qualifier
Hendon was soon absorbed in thought. There were questions of high import to be answered. What should he do? Whither should he go? Powerful help must be found somewhere, or he must relinquish his inheritance and remain under the imputation of being an impostor besides. Where could he hope to find this powerful help? Where, indeed! It was a knotty question. By-and-by a thought occurred to him which pointed to a possibility-the slenderest of slender possibilities, certainly, but still worth considering, for lack of any other that promised anything at all. He remembered what old Andrews had said about the young King’s goodness and his generous championship of the wronged and unfortunate. Why not go and try to get speech of him and beg for justice? Ah, yes, but could so fantastic a pauper get admission to the august presence of a monarch? Never mind-let that matter take care of itself; it was a bridge that would not need to be crossed till he should come to it. He was an old campaigner, and used to inventing shifts and expedients: no doubt he would be able to find a way.
absorbed in thought - absorbé dans ses pensées
inheritance - l'héritage; ; héritage
imputation - imputation
slenderest - le plus mince; svelte, mince
possibilities - possibilités; possibilité
Certainly - certainement, surement, sans nul doute, sans aucun doute
championship - championnat, champion, championne
inventing - inventer; inventer, inventer, inventer
shifts - des équipes; quart, équipe, poste, décalage, vitesse
expedients - des expédients; expédient, expédient
Yes, he would strike for the capital. Maybe his father’s old friend Sir Humphrey Marlow would help him-‘good old Sir Humphrey, Head Lieutenant of the late King’s kitchen, or stables, or something’-Miles could not remember just what or which. Now that he had something to turn his energies to, a distinctly defined object to accomplish, the fog of humiliation and depression which had settled down upon his spirits lifted and blew away, and he raised his head and looked about him. He was surprised to see how far he had come; the village was away behind him. The King was jogging along in his wake, with his head bowed; for he, too, was deep in plans and thinkings. A sorrowful misgiving clouded Hendon’s new-born cheerfulness: would the boy be willing to go again to a city where, during all his brief life, he had never known anything but ill-usage and pinching want? But the question must be asked; it could not be avoided; so Hendon reined up, and called out-
energies - énergies; énergie, énergie, courage, énergie
defined - défini; déterminer, définir, définir
object to - s'y opposer
Fog - le brouillard; masquer, brume, brouillard
blew away - s'est envolé
sorrowful - chagrin
misgiving - des doutes; ; état d'âme; (misgive) des doutes; ; état d'âme
clouded - obscurci; s'obscurcir
new-born - (new-born) nouveau-né
cheerfulness - gaieté
pinching - le pincement; (pinch); pincer, chiper, pincement, pincée
avoided - évitée; éviter, éviter, fuir
reined - en ligne; rene
"I had forgotten to inquire whither we are bound. Thy commands, my liege!"
"To London!"
Hendon moved on again, mightily contented with the answer-but astounded at it too.
contented with - satisfaits
The whole journey was made without an adventure of importance. But it ended with one. About ten o’clock on the night of the 19th of February they stepped upon London Bridge, in the midst of a writhing, struggling jam of howling and hurrahing people, whose beer-jolly faces stood out strongly in the glare from manifold torches-and at that instant the decaying head of some former duke or other grandee tumbled down between them, striking Hendon on the elbow and then bounding off among the hurrying confusion of feet. So evanescent and unstable are men’s works in this world!-the late good King is but three weeks dead and three days in his grave, and already the adornments which he took such pains to select from prominent people for his noble bridge are falling.
jam - de la confiture; marmelade, coincer, confiture
howling - hurler; (howl); hurlement, hurler
hurrahing - hurrahing; hourra, hourra
jolly - jovial; jovial
manifold - copie
tumbled - culbuté; culbute, dégringoler, culbuter
elbow - coude, coup de coude, jouer des coudes
evanescent - évanescent
unstable - instable
select - sélect, choisir, sélectionner
A citizen stumbled over that head, and drove his own head into the back of somebody in front of him, who turned and knocked down the first person that came handy, and was promptly laid out himself by that person’s friend. It was the right ripe time for a free fight, for the festivities of the morrow-Coronation Day-were already beginning; everybody was full of strong drink and patriotism; within five minutes the free fight was occupying a good deal of ground; within ten or twelve it covered an acre of so, and was become a riot. By this time Hendon and the King were hopelessly separated from each other and lost in the rush and turmoil of the roaring masses of humanity. And so we leave them.
handy - pratique; adhésif, maniable, opportun
festivities - festivités; festivité, réjouissances-p, réjouissances-p
patriotism - patriotisme
occupying - l'occupation; occuper, occuper, occuper, occuper, habiter
Acre - acre
rush - rush; ruée, affluence, gazer, galoper, bousculer
masses - masses; Masse, Massé
Whilst the true King wandered about the land poorly clad, poorly fed, cuffed and derided by tramps one while, herding with thieves and murderers in a jail another, and called idiot and impostor by all impartially, the mock King Tom Canty enjoyed quite a different experience.
poorly - médiocre
cuffed - menotté; manchette
herding - la garde des troupeaux; troupeau
murderers - meurtriers; meurtrier, meurtriere, assassin, assassine
impartially - de maniere impartiale
When we saw him last, royalty was just beginning to have a bright side for him. This bright side went on brightening more and more every day: in a very little while it was become almost all sunshine and delightfulness. He lost his fears; his misgivings faded out and died; his embarrassments departed, and gave place to an easy and confident bearing. He worked the whipping-boy mine to ever-increasing profit.
embarrassments - des embarras; embarras, embarras, (etre la) honte (de)
confident - assuré, confiant
increasing - en augmentation; augmentant; (increase); augmenter, croître
He ordered my Lady Elizabeth and my Lady Jane Grey into his presence when he wanted to play or talk, and dismissed them when he was done with them, with the air of one familiarly accustomed to such performances. It no longer confused him to have these lofty personages kiss his hand at parting.
familiarly - familierement
He came to enjoy being conducted to bed in state at night, and dressed with intricate and solemn ceremony in the morning. It came to be a proud pleasure to march to dinner attended by a glittering procession of officers of state and gentlemen-at-arms; insomuch, indeed, that he doubled his guard of gentlemen-at-arms, and made them a hundred. He liked to hear the bugles sounding down the long corridors, and the distant voices responding, "Way for the King!
intricate - complexe
insomuch - a l'insu de tous
doubled - doublé; double, double, double, double, sosie, double, doublon
responding - répondre; répondre, répondre, répondre, répondre
He even learned to enjoy sitting in throned state in council, and seeming to be something more than the Lord Protector’s mouthpiece. He liked to receive great ambassadors and their gorgeous trains, and listen to the affectionate messages they brought from illustrious monarchs who called him brother. O happy Tom Canty, late of Offal Court!
mouthpiece - microphone, micro, embouchure, portearole
affectionate - affectueux
Monarchs - les monarques; monarque
He enjoyed his splendid clothes, and ordered more: he found his four hundred servants too few for his proper grandeur, and trebled them. The adulation of salaaming courtiers came to be sweet music to his ears. He remained kind and gentle, and a sturdy and determined champion of all that were oppressed, and he made tireless war upon unjust laws: yet upon occasion, being offended, he could turn upon an earl, or even a duke, and give him a look that would make him tremble.
trebled - triplé; triple
adulation - l'adulation; ; adulation
determined - déterminé; déterminer, déterminer
oppressed - opprimés; opprimer, oppresser
tireless - infatigable
unjust - injuste
Once, when his royal ‘sister,’ the grimly holy Lady Mary, set herself to reason with him against the wisdom of his course in pardoning so many people who would otherwise be jailed, or hanged, or burned, and reminded him that their august late father’s prisons had sometimes contained as high as sixty thousand convicts at one time, and that during his admirable reign he had delivered seventy-two thousand thieves and robbers over to death by the executioner, {9} the boy was filled with generous indignation, and commanded her to go to her closet, and beseech God to take away the stone that was in her breast, and give her a human heart.
grimly - sinistre
jailed - emprisonné; prison, geôle
prisons - prisons; prison, qualifier
contained - contenu; contenir, contenir, contenir, contenir
convicts - des condamnés; condamner, criminel, bagnard
robbers - des voleurs; brigand, bandit
executioner - exécuteur des hautes ouvres, bourreau
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Did Tom Canty never feel troubled about the poor little rightful prince who had treated him so kindly, and flown out with such hot zeal to avenge him upon the insolent sentinel at the palace-gate? Yes; his first royal days and nights were pretty well sprinkled with painful thoughts about the lost prince, and with sincere longings for his return, and happy restoration to his native rights and splendours.
flown out - Envoyé par avion
avenge - venger, rench: t-needed r
sentinel - factionnaire, sentinelle, regarder
sprinkled - saupoudré; saupoudrer, asperger
sincere - sincere; ; sincere
restoration - restauration
But as time wore on, and the prince did not come, Tom’s mind became more and more occupied with his new and enchanting experiences, and by little and little the vanished monarch faded almost out of his thoughts; and finally, when he did intrude upon them at intervals, he was become an unwelcome spectre, for he made Tom feel guilty and ashamed.
enchanting - enchanteresse; enchanter
intrude - s'immiscer; ; faire intrusion, etre importun
Tom’s poor mother and sisters travelled the same road out of his mind. At first he pined for them, sorrowed for them, longed to see them, but later, the thought of their coming some day in their rags and dirt, and betraying him with their kisses, and pulling him down from his lofty place, and dragging him back to penury and degradation and the slums, made him shudder.
pined - piné; épingle
sorrowed - chagriné; peine, chagrin
kisses - des baisers; (s'')embrasser
penury - pénurie
slums - bidonvilles; (de) bidonville
At last they ceased to trouble his thoughts almost wholly. And he was content, even glad: for, whenever their mournful and accusing faces did rise before him now, they made him feel more despicable than the worms that crawl.
despicable - abject, détestable, méprisable
crawl - ramper; ramper
At midnight of the 19th of February, Tom Canty was sinking to sleep in his rich bed in the palace, guarded by his loyal vassals, and surrounded by the pomps of royalty, a happy boy; for tomorrow was the day appointed for his solemn crowning as King of England.
sinking - en train de couler; ; naufrage; (sink); couler, s'enfoncer
vassals - vassaux; vassal, vassal, vassal, vassaliser, vassaliser
surrounded - entouré; entourer, enceindre
crowning - couronnement; (crown) couronnement
At that same hour, Edward, the true king, hungry and thirsty, soiled and draggled, worn with travel, and clothed in rags and shreds-his share of the results of the riot-was wedged in among a crowd of people who were watching with deep interest certain hurrying gangs of workmen who streamed in and out of Westminster Abbey, busy as ants: they were making the last preparation for the royal coronation.
shreds - en lambeaux; lambeau
wedged - coincé; coin, cale
gangs - des gangs; équipe
streamed - en streaming; ruisseau, ru, rupt, filet, flot, courant, torrent
Abbey - l'abbaye; ; abbaye
Ants - fourmis; fourmi
When Tom Canty awoke the next morning, the air was heavy with a thunderous murmur: all the distances were charged with it. It was music to him; for it meant that the English world was out in its strength to give loyal welcome to the great day.
murmur - murmure, rumeur, souffle, murmurer
Presently Tom found himself once more the chief figure in a wonderful floating pageant on the Thames; for by ancient custom the ‘recognition procession’ through London must start from the Tower, and he was bound thither.
Tom Canty, splendidly arrayed, mounted a prancing war-steed, whose rich trappings almost reached to the ground; his ‘uncle,’ the Lord Protector Somerset, similarly mounted, took place in his rear; the King’s Guard formed in single ranks on either side, clad in burnished armour; after the Protector followed a seemingly interminable procession of resplendent nobles attended by their vassals; after these came the lord mayor and the aldermanic body, in crimson velvet robes, and with their gold chains across their breasts; and after these the officers and members of all the guilds of London, in rich raiment, and bearing the showy banners of the several corporations. Also in the procession, as a special guard of honour through the city, was the Ancient and Honourable Artillery Company-an organisation already three hundred years old at that time, and the only military body in England possessing the privilege (which it still possesses in our day) of holding itself independent of the commands of Parliament.
splendidly - magnifiquement
prancing - se pavaner; (prance); se cabrer, parader
steed - steed; ; coursier
burnished - bruni; polir
resplendent - resplendissante
aldermanic - échevinage
guilds - guildes; guilde
corporations - des entreprises; société anonyme
organisation - l'organisation
possessing - posséder; posséder, posséder, s'emparer de
possesses - possede; posséder, posséder, s'emparer de
independent - indépendant
It was a brilliant spectacle, and was hailed with acclamations all along the line, as it took its stately way through the packed multitudes of citizens. The chronicler says, ‘The King, as he entered the city, was received by the people with prayers, welcomings, cries, and tender words, and all signs which argue an earnest love of subjects toward their sovereign; and the King, by holding up his glad countenance to such as stood afar off, and most tender language to those that stood nigh his Grace, showed himself no less thankful to receive the people’s goodwill than they to offer it. To all that wished him well, he gave thanks. To such as bade "God save his Grace," he said in return, "God save you all!" and added that "he thanked them with all his heart." Wonderfully transported were the people with the loving answers and gestures of their King.’
hailed - salué; grele
welcomings - l'accueil
argue - argumenter; ; affirmer, débattre, se disputer, se quereller
sovereign - souveraine; ; souverain, souverain
holding up - qui tient le coup
afar - loin; ; afar, Afar
most tender - le plus tendre
thankful - reconnaissant
goodwill - la bonne volonté; ; bonne volonté, bienveillance, achalandage
transported - transporté; reporter, transporter, transport, transport
gestures - gestes; geste, signe, geste
In Fenchurch Street a ‘fair child, in costly apparel,’ stood on a stage to welcome his Majesty to the city. The last verse of his greeting was in these words-
stage - scene; ; étape, phase, scene, caleche, platine, mettre en scene
verse - vers; strophe
‘Welcome, O King! as much as hearts can think;
Welcome, again, as much as tongue can tell,-
Welcome to joyous tongues, and hearts that will not shrink:
shrink - rétrécissement; ; se réduire, rétrécir, se resserrer
God thee preserve, we pray, and wish thee ever well.’
The people burst forth in a glad shout, repeating with one voice what the child had said. Tom Canty gazed abroad over the surging sea of eager faces, and his heart swelled with exultation; and he felt that the one thing worth living for in this world was to be a king, and a nation’s idol. Presently he caught sight, at a distance, of a couple of his ragged Offal Court comrades-one of them the lord high admiral in his late mimic court, the other the first lord of the bedchamber in the same pretentious fiction; and his pride swelled higher than ever. Oh, if they could only recognise him now!
surging - en hausse; enflant; (surge); montée, poussée, vague, afflux
swelled - gonflé; enfler, gonfler
exultation - exultation
idol - idole, idole
pretentious - prétentieux
fiction - fiction, belles-lettres
What unspeakable glory it would be, if they could recognise him, and realise that the derided mock king of the slums and back alleys was become a real King, with illustrious dukes and princes for his humble menials, and the English world at his feet! But he had to deny himself, and choke down his desire, for such a recognition might cost more than it would come to: so he turned away his head, and left the two soiled lads to go on with their shoutings and glad adulations, unsuspicious of whom it was they were lavishing them upon.
unspeakable - innommable
realise - comprendre
Dukes - dukes; duc
menials - des domestiques; ancillaire, subalterne, domestique
choke - l'étranglement; étouffer, étouffez, suffoquer, laminer
adulations - adulations; adulation
unsuspicious - suspect
Every now and then rose the cry, "A largess! a largess!" and Tom responded by scattering a handful of bright new coins abroad for the multitude to scramble for.
largess - largesses
scattering - la dispersion; ; diffusion, éparpillement; (scatter); disperser
coins - pieces de monnaie; piece de monnaie, jeton, jeton
scramble - brouiller, faire de l'escalade, bousculade, interception
The chronicler says, ‘At the upper end of Gracechurch Street, before the sign of the Eagle, the city had erected a gorgeous arch, beneath which was a stage, which stretched from one side of the street to the other. This was an historical pageant, representing the King’s immediate progenitors. There sat Elizabeth of York in the midst of an immense white rose, whose petals formed elaborate furbelows around her; by her side was Henry VII., issuing out of a vast red rose, disposed in the same manner: the hands of the royal pair were locked together, and the wedding-ring ostentatiously displayed.
eagle - aigle, eagle, réussir un aigle
erected - érigé; droit, dressé
historical - historique
representing - représentant; représenter
progenitors - progéniteurs; auteur, fratriarche, frrécurseur, fr
York - york; York, Yorck, Yorque
immense - immense
petals - pétales; pétale
issuing - l'émission; sortie, émission, livraison; délivrance, émission
locked - verrouillé; serrure
wedding - mariage; (wed); marier, épouser
ring - anneau; cerne, ring, anneau, tinter
ostentatiously - avec ostentation
From the red and white roses proceeded a stem, which reached up to a second stage, occupied by Henry VIII., issuing from a red and white rose, with the effigy of the new King’s mother, Jane Seymour, represented by his side. One branch sprang from this pair, which mounted to a third stage, where sat the effigy of Edward VI. himself, enthroned in royal majesty; and the whole pageant was framed with wreaths of roses, red and white.’
effigy - effigie
represented - représentée; représenter
branch - branche, rameau, affluent, filiale, succursale
enthroned - intronisé; introniser
framed - encadré; encadrer, encadrer, cadre, armature, ossature
This quaint and gaudy spectacle so wrought upon the rejoicing people, that their acclamations utterly smothered the small voice of the child whose business it was to explain the thing in eulogistic rhymes. But Tom Canty was not sorry; for this loyal uproar was sweeter music to him than any poetry, no matter what its quality might be.
rejoicing - se réjouir; réjouissant, gaieté; (rejoice); réjouir
utterly - tout a fait
eulogistic - élogieuse
rhymes - rimes; strophe, vers, rime, rimer, faire rimer, vers-p, fr
uproar - le tumulte; ; clameur
sweeter - plus doux; doucement, friandise, bonbon, sucreries-p
poetry - de la poésie; ; poésie
quality - qualité
Whithersoever Tom turned his happy young face, the people recognised the exactness of his effigy’s likeness to himself, the flesh and blood counterpart; and new whirlwinds of applause burst forth.
whithersoever - ou que ce soit
exactness - l'exactitude; ; exactitude
counterpart - contreartie, homologue, duplicat, checkpendant, checkéquivalent
whirlwinds - des tourbillons; cyclone
The great pageant moved on, and still on, under one triumphal arch after another, and past a bewildering succession of spectacular and symbolical tableaux, each of which typified and exalted some virtue, or talent, or merit, of the little King’s. ’Throughout the whole of Cheapside, from every penthouse and window, hung banners and streamers; and the richest carpets, stuffs, and cloth-of-gold tapestried the streets-specimens of the great wealth of the stores within; and the splendour of this thoroughfare was equalled in the other streets, and in some even surpassed.
triumphal - triomphal, de triomphe
spectacular - spectaculaire
symbolical - symbolique
typified - typée; etre caractéristique de
virtue - la vertu; ; vertu
talent - talent
throughout - tout au long de l'année; ; tout au long de, durant
penthouse - appentis, attique, penthouse
carpets - tapis; tapis, moquette, tapisser, tapisser
stuffs - trucs; truc, truc, substance (1), frachin (2), fr
tapestried - tapisserie; tapisserie, rench: -neededr, rench: -neededr
specimens - spécimens; spécimen, exemple, exemple
wealth - la richesse; ; richesse, profusion, abondance, checkfortune
equalled - égalée; égal, égal, égaler a, égal, égale
surpassed - surpassé; surpasser, dépasser, excéder
"And all these wonders and these marvels are to welcome me-me!" murmured Tom Canty.
wonders - s'interroge; merveille, étonner
marvels - merveilles; etre
The mock King’s cheeks were flushed with excitement, his eyes were flashing, his senses swam in a delirium of pleasure. At this point, just as he was raising his hand to fling another rich largess, he caught sight of a pale, astounded face, which was strained forward out of the second rank of the crowd, its intense eyes riveted upon him. A sickening consternation struck through him; he recognised his mother! and up flew his hand, palm outward, before his eyes-that old involuntary gesture, born of a forgotten episode, and perpetuated by habit. In an instant more she had torn her way out of the press, and past the guards, and was at his side. She embraced his leg, she covered it with kisses, she cried, "O my child, my darling!
delirium - le délire; ; délire
fling - flirt; brandir
intense - intense
riveted - rivetés; rivet, riveter
sickening - écourant; ; a s’en rendre malade
involuntary - involontaire
perpetuated - perpétué; perpétuer, maintenir, perpétuer
press - presse; pressons, presse, serre, pressent, pressez, serrer
embraced - embrassée; étreindre, embrasser, embrasser, accolade
lifting toward him a face that was transfigured with joy and love. The same instant an officer of the King’s Guard snatched her away with a curse, and sent her reeling back whence she came with a vigorous impulse from his strong arm. The words "I do not know you, woman!" were falling from Tom Canty’s lips when this piteous thing occurred; but it smote him to the heart to see her treated so; and as she turned for a last glimpse of him, whilst the crowd was swallowing her from his sight, she seemed so wounded, so broken-hearted, that a shame fell upon him which consumed his pride to ashes, and withered his stolen royalty. His grandeurs were stricken valueless: they seemed to fall away from him like rotten rags.
smote - smote; frapper, frapper
ashes - des cendres; cendre
rotten - pourri, mauvais
The procession moved on, and still on, through ever augmenting splendours and ever augmenting tempests of welcome; but to Tom Canty they were as if they had not been. He neither saw nor heard. Royalty had lost its grace and sweetness; its pomps were become a reproach. Remorse was eating his heart out. He said, "Would God I were free of my captivity!"
tempests - tempetes; tempete
reproach - des reproches; ; reproche, opprobre, reprocher
remorse - des remords; ; remords, componction
He had unconsciously dropped back into the phraseology of the first days of his compulsory greatness.
phraseology - la phraséologie; ; phraséologie
compulsory - obligatoire
The shining pageant still went winding like a radiant and interminable serpent down the crooked lanes of the quaint old city, and through the huzzaing hosts; but still the King rode with bowed head and vacant eyes, seeing only his mother’s face and that wounded look in it.
winding - bobinage; (wind) bobinage
serpent - serpent
huzzaing - huzza; (huzza) huzza
Hosts - hôtes; hôte/-esse
vacant - vacant; ; vide, niais
"Largess, largess!" The cry fell upon an unheeding ear.
unheeding - sans écoute
"Long live Edward of England!" It seemed as if the earth shook with the explosion; but there was no response from the King. He heard it only as one hears the thunder of the surf when it is blown to the ear out of a great distance, for it was smothered under another sound which was still nearer, in his own breast, in his accusing conscience-a voice which kept repeating those shameful words, "I do not know you, woman!"
surf - surf; ; brisants, surfer
blown - soufflé; coup
The words smote upon the King’s soul as the strokes of a funeral bell smite upon the soul of a surviving friend when they remind him of secret treacheries suffered at his hands by him that is gone.
funeral - funérailles, obseques
smite - smite; ; frapper
surviving - survivant; survivre
treacheries - des trahisons; traîtrise
New glories were unfolded at every turning; new wonders, new marvels, sprang into view; the pent clamours of waiting batteries were released; new raptures poured from the throats of the waiting multitudes: but the King gave no sign, and the accusing voice that went moaning through his comfortless breast was all the sound he heard.
pent - pent
clamours - des clameurs; clameur
batteries - des piles; pile, coups et blessures, batterie, batterie
raptures - les ravissements; ravissement, ravissement, enlevement
throats - gorges; gorge, goulot
comfortless - sans confort
By-and-by the gladness in the faces of the populace changed a little, and became touched with a something like solicitude or anxiety: an abatement in the volume of the applause was observable too. The Lord Protector was quick to notice these things: he was as quick to detect the cause. He spurred to the King’s side, bent low in his saddle, uncovered, and said-
populace - population; ; bas peuple, plebe
solicitude - sollicitude
anxiety - l'anxiété; ; anxiété, inquiétude, angoisse
abatement - l'abattement; ; réduction
volume - volume, tome
observable - observable, observable
notice - remarquer, notification, préavis, s'apercevoir
saddle - selle; selle, ensellement
"My liege, it is an ill time for dreaming. The people observe thy downcast head, thy clouded mien, and they take it for an omen. Be advised: unveil the sun of royalty, and let it shine upon these boding vapours, and disperse them. Lift up thy face, and smile upon the people."
unveil - dévoiler, lever le voile
shine - briller; reluisons, reluisez, reluisent, reluire, briller
vapours - des vapeurs; vapeur
disperse - se disperser; ; disperser
So saying, the Duke scattered a handful of coins to right and left, then retired to his place. The mock King did mechanically as he had been bidden. His smile had no heart in it, but few eyes were near enough or sharp enough to detect that.
mechanically - mécaniquement
The noddings of his plumed head as he saluted his subjects were full of grace and graciousness; the largess which he delivered from his hand was royally liberal: so the people’s anxiety vanished, and the acclamations burst forth again in as mighty a volume as before.
saluted - salué; saluer, faire un salut
graciousness - gracieuseté; ; affabilité, aménité
liberal - libéral, large, généreux, de gauche
Still once more, a little before the progress was ended, the Duke was obliged to ride forward, and make remonstrance. He whispered-
"O dread sovereign! shake off these fatal humours; the eyes of the world are upon thee." Then he added with sharp annoyance, "Perdition catch that crazy pauper! ‘twas she that hath disturbed your Highness."
shake off - se secouer
perdition - la perdition; ; enfer
The gorgeous figure turned a lustreless eye upon the Duke, and said in a dead voice-
lustreless - sans éclat
"She was my mother!"
"My God!" groaned the Protector as he reined his horse backward to his post, "the omen was pregnant with prophecy. He is gone mad again!"
pregnant - enceinte; pleine, enceinte
prophecy - prophétie
Let us go backward a few hours, and place ourselves in Westminster Abbey, at four o’clock in the morning of this memorable Coronation Day. We are not without company; for although it is still night, we find the torch-lighted galleries already filling up with people who are well content to sit still and wait seven or eight hours till the time shall come for them to see what they may not hope to see twice in their lives-the coronation of a King.
memorable - mémorable
torch - torche, flambeau, incendier
filling up - en train de se remplir
Yes, London and Westminster have been astir ever since the warning guns boomed at three o’clock, and already crowds of untitled rich folk who have bought the privilege of trying to find sitting-room in the galleries are flocking in at the entrances reserved for their sort.
astir - en éveil
guns - des armes; arme a feu
boomed - a fait boomerang; forte hausse
crowds - des foules; foule
untitled - sans titre
sitting-room - (sitting-room) le salon
flocking - flocage; (floc) flocage
entrances - entrées; entrée
The hours drag along tediously enough. All stir has ceased for some time, for every gallery has long ago been packed. We may sit, now, and look and think at our leisure. We have glimpses, here and there and yonder, through the dim cathedral twilight, of portions of many galleries and balconies, wedged full with other people, the other portions of these galleries and balconies being cut off from sight by intervening pillars and architectural projections. We have in view the whole of the great north transept-empty, and waiting for England’s privileged ones.
leisure - les loisirs; ; loisir, temps libre
glimpses - des aperçus; aperçu, entrevoir
cathedral - cathédrale; cathédrale, coupole
portions - portions; part, portion
balconies - balcons; balcon, balcon
intervening - intervenir; intervenir, intervenir
architectural - architectural
transept - transept
We see also the ample area or platform, carpeted with rich stuffs, whereon the throne stands. The throne occupies the centre of the platform, and is raised above it upon an elevation of four steps. Within the seat of the throne is enclosed a rough flat rock-the stone of Scone-which many generations of Scottish kings sat on to be crowned, and so it in time became holy enough to answer a like purpose for English monarchs. Both the throne and its footstool are covered with cloth of gold.
carpeted - moquette; tapis, moquette, tapisser, tapisser
occupies - occupe; occuper, occuper, occuper, occuper, habiter, occuper
elevation - l'élévation; ; élévation
Rock - le rocher; bercer, balancer, rupestre, rupestre, rocher, roc
Scone - scone
Scottish - écossais
footstool - tabouret; ; reposeied
Stillness reigns, the torches blink dully, the time drags heavily. But at last the lagging daylight asserts itself, the torches are extinguished, and a mellow radiance suffuses the great spaces. All features of the noble building are distinct now, but soft and dreamy, for the sun is lightly veiled with clouds.
Reigns - reigns; regne, regne, régner
blink - ciller, cligner des yeux, clignoter, faire un appel de phares
drags - traîne; tirer, entraîner
heavily - lourdement
lagging - a la traîne; (lag); rester en arriere, etre en retard
asserts - affirme; affirmer, attester, asseoir
extinguished - éteinte; éteindre
veiled - voilée; voile, voile, voiler, voiler
At seven o’clock the first break in the drowsy monotony occurs; for on the stroke of this hour the first peeress enters the transept, clothed like Solomon for splendour, and is conducted to her appointed place by an official clad in satins and velvets, whilst a duplicate of him gathers up the lady’s long train, follows after, and, when the lady is seated, arranges the train across her lap for her.
monotony - monotonie
occurs - se produit; produire
peeress - peeress
Solomon - salomon; Salomon, Solayman
velvets - velours; velours, duvet (on skin), velours (on antlers), velours
gathers - rassemble; rassembler, ramasser, recueillir, ramasser, assembler
arranges - organise; arranger, organiser
He then places her footstool according to her desire, after which he puts her coronet where it will be convenient to her hand when the time for the simultaneous coroneting of the nobles shall arrive.
simultaneous - simultanées
coroneting - couronnement
By this time the peeresses are flowing in in a glittering stream, and the satin-clad officials are flitting and glinting everywhere, seating them and making them comfortable. The scene is animated enough now. There is stir and life, and shifting colour everywhere. After a time, quiet reigns again; for the peeresses are all come and are all in their places, a solid acre or such a matter, of human flowers, resplendent in variegated colours, and frosted like a Milky Way with diamonds. There are all ages here: brown, wrinkled, white-haired dowagers who are able to go back, and still back, down the stream of time, and recall the crowning of Richard III.
flowing - en cours d'exécution; couler
shifting - le changement de vitesse; mutation; (shift); quart, équipe
frosted - givré; (frost); givre, gel
Milky Way - La Voie lactée
dowagers - les douairieres; douairiere, dame
and the troublous days of that old forgotten age; and there are handsome middle-aged dames; and lovely and gracious young matrons; and gentle and beautiful young girls, with beaming eyes and fresh complexions, who may possibly put on their jewelled coronets awkwardly when the great time comes; for the matter will be new to them, and their excitement will be a sore hindrance. Still, this may not happen, for the hair of all these ladies has been arranged with a special view to the swift and successful lodging of the crown in its place when the signal comes.
handsome - beau
dames - dames; dame
matrons - matrones; infirmier/-iere en chef
beaming - la téléportation; (beam); madrier, poutre, merrain, perche
complexions - teint; teint, complexion
coronets - des couronnes; couronne
signal - signal, signaler
Let us change the tense for convenience. The time drifted along-one hour-two hours-two hours and a half; then the deep booming of artillery told that the King and his grand procession had arrived at last; so the waiting multitude rejoiced. All knew that a further delay must follow, for the King must be prepared and robed for the solemn ceremony; but this delay would be pleasantly occupied by the assembling of the peers of the realm in their stately robes. These were conducted ceremoniously to their seats, and their coronets placed conveniently at hand; and meanwhile the multitude in the galleries were alive with interest, for most of them were beholding for the first time, dukes, earls, and barons, whose names had been historical for five hundred years.
tense - tendu; tendu
booming - en plein essor; (boom) en plein essor
rejoiced - s'est réjoui; réjouir
robed - habillé; voler, dévaliser
assembling - l'assemblage; assembler, rassembler, rassembler
ceremoniously - cérémonieusement
seats - sieges; place, siege, assise, séant, siege, fond, siege, siege
beholding - l'observation; regarder, voir, observer, voici, voila
five hundred - cinq cents
When all were finally seated, the spectacle from the galleries and all coigns of vantage was complete; a gorgeous one to look upon and to remember.
Now the robed and mitred great heads of the church, and their attendants, filed in upon the platform and took their appointed places; these were followed by the Lord Protector and other great officials, and these again by a steel-clad detachment of the Guard.
mitred - a onglet; mitre
detachment - le détachement; ; détachement, impartialité
There was a waiting pause; then, at a signal, a triumphant peal of music burst forth, and Tom Canty, clothed in a long robe of cloth of gold, appeared at a door, and stepped upon the platform. The entire multitude rose, and the ceremony of the Recognition ensued.
triumphant - triomphant; ; triomphal
Then a noble anthem swept the Abbey with its rich waves of sound; and thus heralded and welcomed, Tom Canty was conducted to the throne. The ancient ceremonies went on, with impressive solemnity, whilst the audience gazed; and as they drew nearer and nearer to completion, Tom Canty grew pale, and still paler, and a deep and steadily deepening woe and despondency settled down upon his spirits and upon his remorseful heart.
Anthem - l'hymne; ; hymne, hymne
heralded - annoncé; héraut, messager/-ere
completion - l'achevement; ; achevement, exécution
paler - plus pâle; copain/-ine
deepening - l'approfondissement; approfondir, intensifier, intensifier
despondency - le découragement; ; désespoir, abattement
At last the final act was at hand. The Archbishop of Canterbury lifted up the crown of England from its cushion and held it out over the trembling mock-King’s head. In the same instant a rainbow-radiance flashed along the spacious transept; for with one impulse every individual in the great concourse of nobles lifted a coronet and poised it over his or her head-and paused in that attitude.
cushion - coussin, amortir
concourse - hall d'entrée; ; hall
Coronet - coronet; ; couronne
poised - en place; assurance, aisance, sang-froid, aplomb, poise
A deep hush pervaded the Abbey. At this impressive moment, a startling apparition intruded upon the scene-an apparition observed by none in the absorbed multitude, until it suddenly appeared, moving up the great central aisle. It was a boy, bareheaded, ill shod, and clothed in coarse plebeian garments that were falling to rags.
apparition - apparition
intruded - s'est immiscé; faire intrusion, fr
moving up - de monter en grade
central - central
aisle - l'allée; ; allée, rayon, couloir, côté couloir
He raised his hand with a solemnity which ill comported with his soiled and sorry aspect, and delivered this note of warning-
comported - conforme; se conformer a, s'accorder avec
"I forbid you to set the crown of England upon that forfeited head. I am the King!"
forfeited - perdue; gage, perdre, abandonner, déclarer forfait
In an instant several indignant hands were laid upon the boy; but in the same instant Tom Canty, in his regal vestments, made a swift step forward, and cried out in a ringing voice-
step forward - faire un pas en avant
"Loose him and forbear! He is the King!"
A sort of panic of astonishment swept the assemblage, and they partly rose in their places and stared in a bewildered way at one another and at the chief figures in this scene, like persons who wondered whether they were awake and in their senses, or asleep and dreaming. The Lord Protector was as amazed as the rest, but quickly recovered himself, and exclaimed in a voice of authority-
recovered - récupéré; recouvrer (la santé)
"Mind not his Majesty, his malady is upon him again-seize the vagabond!"
He would have been obeyed, but the mock-King stamped his foot and cried out-
stamped - estampillé; affranchi; (stamp); cachet, tampon, timbre
"On your peril! Touch him not, he is the King!"
The hands were withheld; a paralysis fell upon the house; no one moved, no one spoke; indeed, no one knew how to act or what to say, in so strange and surprising an emergency.
withheld - retenu; retenir
paralysis - la paralysie; ; paralysie
surprising - surprenant, étonnant, surprenante
emergency - d'urgence; ; urgence, crise, urgences
While all minds were struggling to right themselves, the boy still moved steadily forward, with high port and confident mien; he had never halted from the beginning; and while the tangled minds still floundered helplessly, he stepped upon the platform, and the mock-King ran with a glad face to meet him; and fell on his knees before him and said-
minds - les esprits; esprit, t+raison, t+intelligence, mémoire
floundered - a flanché; patauger (péniblement)
"Oh, my lord the King, let poor Tom Canty be first to swear fealty to thee, and say, ‘Put on thy crown and enter into thine own again!’"
fealty - la loyauté; ; fidélité, loyauté, serment
The Lord Protector’s eye fell sternly upon the new-comer’s face; but straightway the sternness vanished away, and gave place to an expression of wondering surprise. This thing happened also to the other great officers. They glanced at each other, and retreated a step by a common and unconscious impulse. The thought in each mind was the same: "What a strange resemblance!"
sternly - séverement
resemblance - ressemblance, comparaison, probabilité
The Lord Protector reflected a moment or two in perplexity, then he said, with grave respectfulness-
"By your favour, sir, I desire to ask certain questions which-"
"I will answer them, my lord."
The Duke asked him many questions about the Court, the late King, the prince, the princesses-the boy answered them correctly and without hesitating. He described the rooms of state in the palace, the late King’s apartments, and those of the Prince of Wales.
It was strange; it was wonderful; yes, it was unaccountable-so all said that heard it. The tide was beginning to turn, and Tom Canty’s hopes to run high, when the Lord Protector shook his head and said-
unaccountable - sans avoir a rendre de comptes
"It is true it is most wonderful-but it is no more than our lord the King likewise can do." This remark, and this reference to himself as still the King, saddened Tom Canty, and he felt his hopes crumbling from under him. "These are not proofs," added the Protector.
reference - référence, recommandation, faire référence a, référencer
saddened - attristé; attrister
crumbling - s'effriter; effritement; (crumble); s'effondrer, effriter
proofs - preuves; preuve, preuve, épreuve, preuve
The tide was turning very fast now, very fast indeed-but in the wrong direction; it was leaving poor Tom Canty stranded on the throne, and sweeping the other out to sea. The Lord Protector communed with himself-shook his head-the thought forced itself upon him, "It is perilous to the State and to us all, to entertain so fateful a riddle as this; it could divide the nation and undermine the throne." He turned and said-
stranded - en panne; etre échoué
entertain - divertir
fateful - fatidique
divide - diviser, fendre, partager, fossé
undermine - saper
"Sir Thomas, arrest this-No, hold!" His face lighted, and he confronted the ragged candidate with this question-
candidate - candidat, candidate
"Where lieth the Great Seal? Answer me this truly, and the riddle is unriddled; for only he that was Prince of Wa