patronnet, boy, used only of confectioners

Page 113. 1. 3. il n\i/ a quà toiser, *you need only cast a glance at it.' toiser = lit. to measure, from toise, fathom. 1. 12. 2)liis Vhomme y tient, the more store one sets by it. 1. 20. en effets, in bills of exchange.

Page 114. 1. 5. avec lesquelles il n'y avait jamais de peties

à essuyer, who never caused any losses. essuyer, lit. to wipe out ; cp. essuyer un refus, to meet with a refusai.

1. 11. le simoun, simoon, a hot, sufFocating wind common in the desei-ts of Africa and Aiabia. Its présence is heralded by whirling currents of air, and it is probable that Balzac was thinking of thèse, rather than of the simoon itself.

1. 20. colporter votre signature, to carry a bill with your signature from one person to another.