llaèit à queue de morue. — Swallow-tail coat

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

19. Poêle en faïence. — Stove made of earthenware, commonly called porcelain stove in English. Poêle is commonly pronounced in ^aris as if written poéUe ; 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 coramon interchange of the two words in this work.

Moufles. — Mittens.

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20. Octroi. — Properly, a tax on eatables and drinkables to support the administration of a town. Hère octroi la used for the building wnere auch taxes are received.

Hors de t avancée. — Beyond the outwork.

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

23. Pfanhougen. — The Grerman word is Pfannkuchen^ pan-cake. Kûchlenj in the next line, is for Kûchlein, a little cake. On the nexl page Der kebe GoU corresponds to the French expression Le bon Dieu.

26. Qitoique ce chenapan eût levé la main. — Though this worthless Bcamp had swom.

80. Me chaarinait bien un peu. — See note on bien^ page 7. Cassine. — Hovel ; cassine oonuuonly means a couutiy house. TriooL — Knit jacket

Zl. La maison commune. — The town-hall.

Boyaux. — Long narrow passages.