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Which of the lines in this excerpt from Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales contradicts the claim made in the third line that the prioress speaks fluent French?. .

a.Her greatest oath was but By Saint Eloy!. And she was known as Madam Eglantine…. b.And fair she spoke her French, and fluently, . c.After the school of Stratford-at-the-Bow, .d. For French of Paris was not hers to know. . e.At table she had been well taught withal, . And never from her lips let morsels fall,…

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For French... to know.

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d. For French of Paris was not hers to know

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