ACTE I, SCÈNE III
1: un ahuri: this use of ahuri as a noun is a vulgarity of speech. fr., He acts crazylike. Lit., «one whose hair stands on end like a wild boar's mane (hure) with amazement.»
2: la Mairie: the (town-) Hall, or Mayor's official residence. There is a Mayor and a Mairie for each of the twenty arrondissements or wards into which Paris is divided for municipal purposes.
3: Je bénis le hasard: What a fortunate coincidence! Lit., «I bless chance (which has made me meet you).»—Ces dames: is the third person of politeness, used even when you are speaking to the parties; use the second person in English: You are leaving the city, ladies?