les bureaux d'omnibus, omttibus waiting-rooms

3. Collège de France. This institution was founded by Francis I (1494-1547), and is considered the highest school in France. Tuition there is free.

4. ne faites pas semblant de le connaître, prétend that you do not know him.

Page 83. — 1. Finistère is one of the eighty-seven divisions of France, situated in the old Province of Britanny. It owes its name to a sharp promontory, Finistère, " end of land" (Lat., Finis terrae).

Page 84. — 1. blanchie à la chaux, ivhitewashed.