II. de sa vie, at any time of his whole life

1. 21. sans que, âr'c., so that time, if I may judge from my own expérience, hung heavy on no one's hands.

1. 23. L'opéra de Cendrillon was composed by Nicole Isouard, better known under the name of Nicolo (1777 — 1818), a distinguished musician.

1. 24. théâtre de province, ^ïQs'mcidl ÙïQ;x\.xt. mauvais — vcïtichcà:

méchant is aiso used in thp same sensé, "...et vous qui dédiez À messieurs les gens de finance, De méchants livres bien payés." (La Fontaine viii. 19.)

1. 25. Blois (L. Blcsœ), on the Loire, chief town of the department of Loir-et-Cher.

E71 sortant à pied, âfc. This construction, although strictly grammatical, is rather awkward, because en sortant, at the first glance, seems to refer to les habitants.

1, 27. tout is an adjective hère.