l'intendance : ïhe A.S.C

96.5. déjeuners hygiéniques: i.e. ' restricted in menu' ; the sort of breakfast he had been used to take when he felt disposed to diet himself .

96.6. Café Anglais : On the Boulevard des Italiens, one of the most fashionable and most expensive places of refreshment in Paris.

96.7. œufs brouillés, etc. : Scrambled eggs with asparagus tips.

96.8. léoville : A Bordeaux claret from the Saint- Julien district.

96.9. fichtre de fichtre! A familiar but harmless exclamation expressive of astonishment, wonder, or pain. ' By Jove, no mistake about it ! '

97.1. une barbe d'hôpital: Unshaven after lying in hospital, with his beard as it had grown in hospital.