chaton

Used in the library

• — D’Artagnan porta la main au diamant qu’il tenait de la reine, et en tourna vivement le chaton en dedans; mais il était trop tard."D-Artagnan carried his hand to the diamond which he held from the queen, and turned the kitten into it, but it was too late.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
• Si j'avais sur le chaton de ma bague autant de rubis que ce gaillard en a sur le nez, je pourrais rebâtir le château de Mornac, ce pauvre manoir de mes aïeux dans les ruines duquel nichent en paix les hirondelles.If I had on the kitten of my ring as many rubies as this boy has on his nose, I could rebuild the castle of Mornac, this poor manor of my forefathers in the ruins of which in peace nest the swallows.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
• — Alors tournez-en le chaton en dedans, pauvre fou, car on sait qu’un cadet de Gascogne ne trouve pas de pareils bijoux dans l’écrin de sa mère.— Then turn the kitten inside, you fool, because we know that a younger man from Gascogne does not find such jewels in his mother's writing.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires