la soupe aux gourganes : Broad-bean soup

40.12. le mistral : A strong and very trying north or north-east wind, which is of fréquent occurrence in the south of France, especially in Provence. ,

40.13. Vernon : A small town on the Seine, in the department of Eure.

41. T , rompit son ban : ' Broke bounds.' The ' ban ' is the sentence that détermines the limits within which a released convict may move about.

41.2. sa masse : The small sum of money which he was supposed to hâve earned while serving his sentence.