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ne l'entendait pas ainsi, would hâve noue of ihat

6. F . . . moi la paix, "give me peace," leave me alone; cf. F ... le camp, page 28, note 3.

Page 58. — i. c'est à toi, H is your turn. 2. Il s'agissait bien d'un reçu, "a question, indeed, of a receipt!" What did he care about a receiptl

Page 59. — i. à pleines mains, with bot h hands.

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2. Versaillais, i.e. the regular troops. Paris was in the hands of the Communists from March iSth to the end of May, 1871. The regular government and gênerai staff of the army were located at Versailles; hence the name Versaillais given to the regular army by the people of Paris.

Page 60. — 1. l'île Saint -Louis, an island formed by two branches of the Seine river in the center of Paris.

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