la parade : 'Show

107.6. une quittance de loyer : A receipt for the rent (not yet receipted in this instance).

108. 1. la toque : The head-dress afïected by French judges. The légal wig is not known in France.

108.2. le jupon : Underskirt : hère the puppet's black skirt, which hides the showman's hand.

108.3. du revers de son rondin : With a back-handed swing of his cudgel.

108.4. venir à bout de : ' Manage,' ' deal with,' ' get the better of.'

108.5. s' ébrouant : Generally used of horses and cattle, snorting, sneezing.