gris : ' Tinted

39.1 1 . à la Californie : A ' shady ' quarter on the ' rive gauche, or south bank of the Seine.

39.12. les garnis : In this case ' lodging-houses.' The term mean ' furnished rooms.'

39.13. parties de bouchon : A game in which coins are aimed at a ; cork on which the players pile up their stakes.

39.14. Montparnasse : A southern district lying between the quarter of the Luxembourg and the outer limits of Paris.

39.15. Bobino : Name given to a man named Saix, who ran variety shows at the spot (Rue Madame) where the ' théâtre de ; Bobino,' or ' du Luxembourg,' afterwards stood. This théâtre was destroyed in 1868. The name in still preserved as that ' of a neighbouring restaurant. j