j'en suis là, / am that far gone

Page 81. — i. Capitou, probably an imaginary character; unless "l'âne du Capitou" is meant hère. — "Capito" is the Marseilles expression to designate the chapter of a monastery.

2. l'oraison de saint Augustin, a prayer attributed to St. Augustine and said to be the first he uttered when about to abandon his irregular life.