incrusté, hère, /as

Page 15. — 1. Saar, a river which riscs in the Vosges, flows through Alsace and empties into the Moselle. There are extensive iron and coal mines on the hillsides of the Saar.

2. des robes noires, des robes rouges; black gowns, red gowns. Tn France judges seating in the lower courts wear black gowns while those having charge of the Courts of Appeal wear red Dnes.

Page 16- — 1. qui mènent le deuil, who are chief mourners. 2. Bismarck (1S15-1898), the great German statesman; made

chancellor by William I of Prussia, he was largely responsible for the successful issue of the Franco-German war and the establishment of the German Empire.

Page 17. — i. se tord {tordre =to twist), is convulsed with laughter.

La Partie de Billard

a. sac au dos . . . l'arme au pied, their knapsacks strapped on their backs . . . their rifles resting near their feet; note use of thèse two military expressions to describe the soldiers' long wait.

3. passées, hère, sleepless; passed (without sleep) while on duty.