3 4 chasse à l'ours: 'bear hunting,' but chasse au faucon 'hunting with the falcon,' 'hawking.'
3 10 tout en lisant: 'while reading' En with the present participle is reinforced by tout.
3 12 brave: cf. un brave homme 'a good, kindly man,' un homme brave 'a brave man'.
3 13 bonasse: bon + the pejorative suffix _asse, 'guileless'.
3 19 midi: midday,' 'noon,' 'South', Latin media dies.
3 22 Vous saurez: 'you must know'.
3 25 Tarasque: a monster which, according to the legend, devastated the country about Tarascon until it was slain by Saint Martha, sister of Lazarus, who, in company with the three Marys, had come to Provence after the death of Christ At irregular intervals there is a festival in Tarascon to celebrate the destruction of the Tarasque. Martha is the patron saint of Tarascon See "Port-Tarascon," I, iv (pp 73 ff)--faisait les cent coups. 'was playing the hundred tricks,' 'raged.'
3 27 Il y a beau jour: '(that was) a long time ago'.
4 1 tous les dimanches matin: 'every Sunday morning ', cf. tous les jours 'every day' and le matin 'in the morning'--prend les armes: 'takes arms' (not "takes its arms "), 'arms itself '.