Translations for housekeeping in French
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Planchet, d'Artagnan's valet, supported his good fortune nobly. He received thirty sous per day, and for a month he returned to his lodgings gay as a chaffinch, and affable toward his master. When the wind of adversity began to blow upon the housekeeping of the Rue des Fossoyeurs--that is to say, when the forty pistoles of King Louis XIII were consumed or nearly so--he commenced complaints which Athos thought nauseous, Porthos indecent, and Aramis ridiculous. Athos counseled d'Artagnan to dismiss the fellow; Porthos was of opinion that he should give him a good thrashing first; and Aramis contended that a master should never attend to anything but the civilities paid to him. | Planchet, le valet de d’Artagnan, supporta noblement la bonne fortune ; il recevait trente sous par jour, et, pendant un mois, il revenait au logis gai comme pinson et affable envers son maître. Quand le vent de l’adversité commença à souffler sur le ménage de la rue des Fossoyeurs, c’est-à-dire quand les quarante pistoles du roi Louis XIII furent mangées ou à peu près, il commença des plaintes qu’Athos trouva nauséabondes, Porthos indécentes, et Aramis ridicules. Athos conseilla donc à d’Artagnan de congédier le drôle, Porthos voulait qu’on le bâtonnât auparavant, et Aramis prétendit qu’un maître ne devait entendre que les compliments qu’on fait de lui. |
The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas | Les Trois Mousquetaires, de Alexandre Dumas |