rue Montorgueil : the Rue Montorgueil runs from Les

Halles Centrales (the Paris markets) northward towards the Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle.

7. à la Belle- Jardinière : a large shop for ready-made clothing at the Quai, corner of Rue du Pont- Neuf.

,, 13. l'École Militaire : situated between the Hôtel des Invalides and the Boulevard de Grenelle, founded by Louis XV. in 1751 'pour y élever 500 gentilshommes dans toutes les sciences nécessaires et convenables pour un officier.' It now contains the Ecole Supérieure de Guerre, and is a very handsome building.

,, 15. guides verts: the 'guides' used to form a considérable corps of cavalry and infantry in the French army. They were first formed in 1744 as a small company of messengers on active service ; Napoléon I. formed them into a guard 10,000 strong. In the British Indian Army the corps of guides of the Punjab Frontier Force correspond somewhat to the former French ' guides. '

,, 22. demi-heure: cf. note, p. 14 1. 18, and Vocabulary under demi-voix.

devant : it is usual in Paris to hâve in the summer tables in front of the cafés on the pavement for the customers to take refreshments.

l'avenue de la Mothe-Piquet, between the École Militaire and the Champ de Mars, gocs up to the Hôtel des Invalides.

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The spelling ought lo be Motte instead of Afothe, which Coppée has.