dont il enrageait, which made him furious

Page 73. — 5. bandit does not mean a robber who commits murder, but a man who kills an enemy of his family and is pursued by the police and consequently ‘ outlawed ’ (the literal meaning of bandit), so that he is obliged to live in the mâquis. See note to page 71, line 4.

16. Sanpiero. Sampiero d’Ornano, also called Sampiero Corso (1501-67), was a famous Corsican soldier who was the principal agent of the French in their invasion of Corsica in 1553-9.

17. collets jaunes. “ L’uniforme des voltigeurs était alors un habit brun avec un collet jaune.” (Author's Note.) In reality the collar was green. The batallion of voltigeurs corses was created November 6, 1822, because troops from France had proved incapable of running down the bandits.

25. Que j’attende? I’m to wait! The preceding sentence supplies the idea of a verb of volition.