le levant : The East, eastern sky

65.1. le ménage . . . ensemble: The partnership that, etc., made or constituted between them.'

65.2. portait la culotte : Wore the breeches, was master in the house. There is a pun hère, as ' culotter une pipe ' means ' to colour a pipe,' so that ' portait la culotte ' also means ' was well coloured, well seasoned.'