donc; see page 33, note

Page 42.— 1. en belle place, :# a conspicuous place.

Page 43-—1. Pour Dieu! For Æeaven’s sake!

2. Nous autres. Autres is used for emphasis. Omit in English.

Page 44.— 1. du soir des Rois; see page 38, note 2.

2. les Dombes and la Bresse are two districts of the old province of Bourgogne (near Switzerland), the capital of the former being Trévoux and that of the latter, Bourg.

3. dire tout en friche, compare to a completely untilled field.

Page 45.— 1. le rendait fou, made him lose his heaw. 2. d’une maladresse . .. — d’une telle or d’une si grande maladresse,

Page 46.—1. Ça me changera bien, f.at will be a great improvement.

Page 47.—1. officier de santé, a physician authorized to practise without having the degree of doctor in medicine; suppressed since 1892.

Page 48.—1. A reward is paid to persons who discover the bodies of people who have hung or drowned themselves ; also to those who save the lives of people who attempt to commit suicide through either method.

2. Je l’ai fait, 7 have tried it. He refers to the remedy suggested, page 47, line 22.