Grand Dieu! Dear me

3. ça ne se rattrape pas, Josf fime cannot be recovered, ï.e. you missed your chance, you shall never get another one.

Page 28.— 1. billets bleus. French banknotes are light blue. Cf. the American slang: “ greenbacks.” Here it is a question of one hundred franc banknotes.

Page 29.—71. le monopole, i.e. Ze monopole des Pompes funèbres, “the General Funeral Undertaking Company.” In large French cities, the undertaking business is let by contract to a single company.

2. ‘Enfants de Marie,” a church association, usually composed of young ladies, especially devoted to the worship of the Virgin Mary.

3. Les employés des Pompes funèbres, /4e Agents of the General Funceral Undertaking Company; see page 29, note 1.

Page 30.—1. Ferez-vous poursuivre ? ... Will you sue me for it?