il y a belles années de cela, it was many years ago

3. Saint -Augustin (354-430), the most celebrated of the Fathers of the Latin church.

4. la Trappe, a celebrated monastic order founded in 1140, the members of which make a cordial called " Trappistine." — la Grande . . ., supply Chartreuse, was the name of the convent where the cordial (chartreuse) was made. Cf. page 71, note 6.