ACTE II, SCÈNE III
1: n'y sont pour rien: have nothing to do with it.
2: tu l'auras piquée: for this use of the future past, see acte I, scène VIII, note 5.
3: disparaissait: the imperfect for greater vividness, instead of theconditional past. Cf. in English, «Another step and he was (= would havebeen) a dead man.»
4: A mon tour: supply, to thank Armand. A = «(It has come round) to.»
5: Comment donc: see List of Exclamations.
6: vous ferez reconduire le cheval: the horse is to be led down to Chamouny: Perrichon will not ride it. The whole party will drive down.
7: j'ai trop serré: supply: sa main.