Habit à queue de morue. — Swallow-tail coat

Chemise blanche. — Clean shirt; blanche in this connection does not necessarily mean white, — it means clean, not worn since washed; une chemise propre means a shirt still clean which may hâve been worn however.

19. Poêle en faïence. — Stove made of earthenware, commonly called porcelain stove in English. Poêle is commonly pronounced in Paris as if written poâle ; most dictionaries fail to notice this exception. In Lorraine, where the scène of this part of the story is laid, fourneau, which properly means furnace, is frequently used instead of poêle ; hence the common interchange of the two words in this work.

Moufles. — Mittens.

20. Octroi. — Properly, a tax on eatables and drinkables to support the administration or' a town. Hère octroi is used for the building where such taxes are received.

Hors de l'avancée. — Beyond the outwork.

Leurs grandes bâches serrées comme des bourriches. — Their large tilts, or awnings, fastened down like game-baskets.

23. Pfankougen. — The German word is Pfannkuchen, pan-cake. Kùchïen, in the next line, is for Kùchlein, a little cake. On the nexi page Dec litbe Gott corresponds to the French expression Le bon Dieu.

26. Quoique ce chenapan eût levé la main. — Though this worthless scamp had sworn.

30. Me chagrinait bien un peu. — See note on bien, page 7. Cassine. — Hovel ; cassine commonly means a country house. Tricot. — Knit jacket.