Note 20 — DEUXIÈME ÉPISODE
Reading edition · Edition 2
37 22 Meudon: a town on the Seine between Paris and Versailles. The white houses of Algiers sloping towards the sea look like the washing of a laundress spread out on the grassy hill which at Meudon descends to the Seine. Étalage means a 'spreading out,' as of things for sale; then, by extension, the objects displayed. Cf. note to 69 15.