un papier de fête; cf. page 65, note

3. Marie; cf. page iv, footnote 3. The legend of the three Maries coming from Jerusalem to Provence is the subject of a whole canto in the poem Mirèio by the great Provençal poet Mistral. Bazin, or rather Bonne Perrette, disagrees min Mise vo considering Jesus’s mother as one of the ibree Mañes. “Te sree

Maries are Mary Magdalen, Mary, the mother of James and John, and Mary, the mother of James the Less. After the Crucifixion, they embark with Saint Trophime, and successfully battling with the storms of the sea, they land finally in Provence, and by a series of miracles convert the people of Arles.” Ærédéric Mistral by Charles A. Downer, p. 117.

4. Le Mas-des-Pierres, probably a fictitious name. Mas is the Provençal word for “farm-house.”

Page 67.—1. Ça n’a pas cours ici. This is a play on the word ëzllet. He speaks of the prayer as if it were a banknote: “it is not current, negotiable here.” |

2. tu seras au rapport ..., you tuill be reported; you will be mentioned in my official report ...