EDNOTE. My assumption is that it refers, as you suggest, to the triplets she is carrying. Other ideas?
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From: Yannickec@aol.com
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Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 12:52 AM
Subject: Triple viol

'His wife's lover played the triple viol'. (Ada, II, 5, p 301).

Does anyone have a suggestion for what Lucette means by "triple viol"? Ada, II, 5 (p301 in  Penguin Ed).
The viol is probably here the short name for the viola da gamba?  in that family, there can be a "double bass", which is a bigger bass viol. But what is a triple viol? Is it a pun with the "driblets" that comes before? Can somebody explain?

thank you,

yannicke chupin