Grand Dieu! Dear me

3. ça ne se rattrape pas, lost time cannot be recovered, i.e. you missed your chance, you shall never get another one.

Page 28. — i. billets bleus. French banknotes are light blue. Cf. the American slang: " greenbacks." Hère it is a question of one hundred franc banknotes.

Page 29. — i. le monopole, i.e. le monopole des Pompes ftcnèbres, " 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, the Agents of the General Funeral Undertaking Co?npany; see page 29, note i.

Page 30. — I. Ferez-vous poursuivre? . . . Will you sue vie /orit?