In Act 1
Ragueneau and Le Bret discuss Cyrano's nose. They are joking if the nose is real or not, and Le Bret responds "He keeps it on, - and cleaves in two any man who dares remark on it!"
"He keeps it on" simply means it really is his nose
and "cleaves in two" he will fight anyone who makes fun or "dares remark on it."
Answer: He spoke a smattering of words she didn’t understand.
Explanation: Smattering- A slight, superficial, or introductory knowledge of something.
Henry David Thoreau graduated in 1837 and worked as a schoolmaster, after a short time he started to write poetry.
He stopped paying taxes against slavery and was later arrested , then Thoreau was incentivated due this reason to write his famous essay, "Civil Disobedience", at the same time US declared war against Mexico and invated the nation. So he thought that taking people's liverty wasn't honest.
In conclusions Thoreau believed that a person oews his allegiance or loyalty to justice, even I you need to disobey the law.
What can be inferred about Master Hauchecorne from this passage? He is wealthy and influential. He is haughty and arrogant. He is learned and sophisticated. He is simple and unsophisticated
His parents died from some sort of fever , hope this helped :)