mangé, herc = worn. — grand ouvert, wide open

15. m'étonnais de, was wondeiing at. Note the imperfect. 18. fais la classe, teach.

20. Alsace . . . Lorraine, two provinces taken from France by the Germans at the close of the war of 1870, and now forming part of Germany.

28. Il faudrait ... en rester la, I should hâve to stop there (i.e. à pe ine écrire),