en particulier : ' In private

48.4. les bras ballants : Lit. ' with arms swinging,' i.e. hanging inert, limp.

48.5. Cela t'aurait valu: It would hâve got (earned) you six months.

48.6. un pilier . . . cours d'assises : ' An habituai ofEender.' For ' pilier,' cf. note 26.5.

48.7. je m'y entends : ' I know ail about it,' ' I know what I am talking about.'

48.8. sur mon dos : ' l've taken the business on my shoulders.' 49. T. Quand . . . pas: ' When the elder brother is with the

colours, the younger is not called up.' Such used to be the law in France, before the days of military service for ail.

49.2. ton remplaçant: ' Substitute.' At the period when this story was written, it was possible in France, as it is still in some countries, for a wealtliy man to find a substitute by paying him to take his place in the army.