en clignant des yeux : cf

battre des mains, ' to clap one's hands.' grincer des dents, ' to gnash one's teeth.'

73. 6. la route du Sud : cf. la route de Marseille, ' the road to

Marseilles. ' , , 9. d'allants et venants : note that the préposition is net repeated in this and similar locutions, and cf. note, p. 32 1. 20.

,, 17. et dire, ' and to think . .'

,, 27. Mariopol : a busy port, with about 15,000 inhabitants.

,, 29. de rigueur, 'indispensable. Note à la rigueur, ' strictly,'

' if absolutely necessary. ' ,, 31. cela va de soi : cf. cela va sans dire.

74. I. odyssée, 'travels,' 'pérégrinations,' from Homer's famous

poem, the Odyssey, which relates the adventurous return home of Odysseus after the siège of Troy.

,, 8. Cherson : a maritime government in the South. Kherson, the capital, is on the Dnieper. The chief seaport is Odessa.

Tauride : the government of Taurida is chiefly composed of two peninsulas, one of which is the Crimea. Simferopol is the capital.

,, 18. arrachées à leur foyer . ., on vola à l'un d'eux: cf. note, p. 32 1. 30.

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74. 29. les calendes grecques : the calends werc the first of the

month among ihe Romans. The Greeks had no calends, and consequently the phrase, 'the Greek calends,' is used to mean a time which is never to come. Cf. La Fontaine's Fables, vi. 10 : —

Il s'éloigne des chiens, les renvoie aux calendes Et leur fait arpenter les landes.

à vie, ' for life. '

,, 31. je loue: louer, ' to hire.' ' to let,' cornes from Lat. locare ; louer, ' to praise,' from Lat. laudare.