sens dessus dessous, topsy-turvy, upside-down

1. 26. réglé comme un papier de musique, as regular as clockwork.

Page 14. 1. 3. Scène, i. e. Scène de la vie parisienne. See Introd., p. xvii.

I. 8. les ressoyis de sa grandeur, the causes (lit. springs) of his greatness.

1. 28. en vigueur dans le p>aijs, prédominant in his country (la Touraine).

Page 15. 1. 8. en douze temps, slowly. The expression is taken from the old military phrase, la charge en douze tetnjis, i. e. the loading in twelve différent motions and consequently very slowly, as was always the case until breech-loading weapons were used.