de bon ton, well-bred

1. 13. ce prétendu banquier de la haute volée, this would-be banking genius.

Page 81. 1. 5. un invalide, an old soldier.

1. 13. en lâchant quelques-uns de tes principes cV estaminet, by letting any of your public- house sentiments slip out unawares.

1. 14. Cette mercuriale, this Sidmonition. Mercuiy wasthe god of orators, besides being the patron of thieves and merchants.