londrès : A good brand of cigar. Pronounce [lodres

33.8. écarté : A card game playcd by two, three, or four persons, in which the players are allowed to discard (écarter) part of their hand.

33.9. bock : A glass of béer. The word is German, and originally denoted not the glass, but the brand.

34.1. un apéritif: See note 23.8. The regular hour for the ' apéritif,' which is quite an institution in France, is just before either of the two principal meals of the day.

34.2. le bec de cane : ' The duck's bill,' a common shape of (shop-) door handle.