Empereur : i.e. Napoléon I

18.5. de la naissance du roi: i.e. 'du roi de Rome,' the son of Napoléon and the Empress Marie-Louise. He was born in

18.6. la rue Rousselet : A narrow back street parallel to the Boulevard des Invalides, and Connecting the Rue Oudinot and the Rue de Sèvres.

18.7. un châssis à tabatière : A skylight window in the roof, lit. a window-frame opening like a snufî-box.

19. 1. la Fête-Dieu: Corpus Christi day, the Thursday following Whit-week. This feast, one of the most imposing of the year in Catholic countries, is held in honour of the Consecrated Ilost, and is marked by a gênerai holiday and by magnificent processions.

19.2. le maréchal de Richelieu was the grand-nephew of the Cardinal. He was born in 1696 and died in 1788, so that he lived and played a public part as courtier and soldier during three reigns. On the whole he was not a very admirable character, and, as is conveyed in the next line, he took to piety only toward the close of his career. He was known until his father's death, in 171$, as the Duc de Fronsac, and under this name won more notoriety than esteem.

19.3. la rue Vanneau : A street parallel to, and east of, the rue Rousselet (see note 18.6) ; it runs between the Rue de Babylone and the Rue de Sèvres.