J'étais bien bon, I was silly

19. le Phénix, mythological bird. the only one of his species. He was said to live several centuries, then to be consumed by fire and arise again from his own ashes.

28. — 10. Les rossignols n'ont qu'à se bien tenir, the nightingales had better look out.

15. Charpentier, a référence to the well-known Parisian publishing house of G. Charpentier and E. Fasquelle, called Bibliothèque Charpentier.