Limousin : see note, p

,, 23. correctionnelles: popular for tribunaux de police correctionnelle.

51. 6. ça me connaît : see note, p. 34 1. 2. ,, 15. sur mon compte, ' about me.'

,, 18. Ie3 grosses bottes : i.e. les sergents de ville.

, , 28. Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana, is situated on an

island, and is a wretched place with a shallow harbour.

Since the Révolution of 1848 Cayenne island has been made

a pénal seulement.

52. 6. en boutique de, ' who kept shop in.' Cf. chambre in Vocab. ,, 7. Pas -de -la- Mule : the name of a street running into the

Boulevard Beaumarchais, and alongside the Place des Vosges, a short distance from the Place de la Bastille, in a north-westerly direction.

,, 14. boulevard Beaumarchais: this boulevard runs in a northwesterly direction from the Place de la Bastille, north of the Seine. Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was born in 1732 and died in 1799. He is chiefiy celebrated as the author of Le Barbier de Séville and Le Mariage de Figaro.

,, 17. fine cuisinière : an elliptical phrase. .£7/£//a//isunderstood.

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