II
ACT I, SCENE I
1. Majorin thinks[1] himself one of those hard-working, clever clerks who are always at their desks. 2. But he asks for a day off when he pleases[2], and says that he is summoned for guard duty, which[3] is not true[4]. 3. He speaks like[5] a boor of his friend Perrichon, and yet[6] he is going to ask him to lend him some money[7]. 4. Clerks in offices in France often[8] look down upon[9] tradesmen[10], even[11] when the tradesmen have incomes of several[12] thousand francs.
[1: croire.] [2: vouloir.] [3: ce qui.] [4: vrai.] [5: comme.] [6: pourtant.] [7: argent, m.] [8: souvent.] [9: mépriser.] [10: commerçant.] [11: même.] [12: plusieurs.]