la cornette : ' Cornet,' nun's bonnet

105. 1. pan : Generally used of part of a wall, the skirt of a coat. In this case it corresponds to our word ' patch.'

105.2. Béarn : The old name of the région occupying the southwest corner of France and corresponding approximately to the Basses-Pyrénées, It became a part of the kingdom of France in 1620. Pau was the capital.

105.3. le pic d'Ossau : On the Spanish frontier and due south of Pau,

105.4. dominicaine : Of the Order of Saint Dominic, which was founded at Toulouse in 1206, and is therefore native to the district in question in the story.

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106.1. d'âge incertain: ' Of uncertain âge.' 'D'un certain âge* is stronger, and implies ' elderly.'

106.2. congestionné : ' Flushed,' suggesting compression of the veins of the neck by the white wrappings.