moucherons, lit., "gnat," hère, little fellows

5. gardait un square, was a park policeman. — quartier du Temple, a part of Paris, in the center of the city, mainly inhabited by the middle class.

Page 23. — i. les vieilles dames à pliants, old ladies who carry camp chairs.

2. le Paris trotte-menu, lit., "those Parisians who walk with short steps"; this expression refers to bonnes and vieilles dames à pliants.