rébus: See note

44.8. labeur bucolique: 'The toil of the husbandman.' 'Le labeur' always means 'hard work.' 'Le labour' is 'tillage,' and ' le laboureur ' is ' the tiller of the soil.'

45.1. ténébreux : ' Dark,' * mysterious,' likely to make one wonder where he liad learnt it.

45.2. des bals de barrières : Dancing-halls in the outlying quarters. The ' barrières ' are those parts of the city that lie on the periphery, near the gâtes. They are of doubtful repute.