y songea ihought of them : see note to p
g^ 3. le 9 JniUet the ninth ofJuly: B.G. 128a ; P. G. p. 80 (8a). 16. sa fin prochaine her (xpproaehiTig end: Jeanne ^83 taken by the English and bumt as a sorceress in the citj »f Rouen in 1431.
QA 1. sn entrant an convent on enUring the eonwni. In France girls of good family are very generally educated in convents. 6. laD**: a very unpopular teacher : P.G. p. 226 (42d). 6. je nds . . . oreille / put my cap on my ear, i.e. I assumed an attitude of défiance. 20. Dnpin : the maiden name of George Sand was Aurore Dupin, her married name Dudevant. George Sand is simply a nom de plume.
Q. 4. les sages . . . tâtée the wiee or disereet girls hadfelt me, sounded me. 11. o'était & elle de : see note to p. 62, 29. 12. plus ancienne older (pupil). 19. nne tape . . . bœnf a hlowfit to km anoz: see note to p. 81, 24. 26. C'est bien malin that is very sly. 28. la mère Alippe : mère was the title usually given to the older nuns, the younger being called sovr.
KOTES. 187
QQ 1- Shame! In this cooTent most of the nuns were English women. 16. ponr en yenir la to go sofar.
100 ^' *'*>^^'^^^*^t • • • détordre agreed or eoaperated in ffiving rise to ihis slighi disorder, 30. qni le trani-
mettait whieh /uid been handed down: see note to p. 26, 19.
101 ^^* ^^ iNeiu* eonvenei : the lay-sisters performed ail •the menial duties of the convent, the cooklng in-
cluded.
see also note to p. 89, 2.
103 ^* ^^* fi^^l see note to p. 58, 20. 7. à nous tontof
M iogeiher. 21. nous noue . . . antres toe helped eaeh oth&r: P. G. p. 128 (7).
10l% ^^' ^^^ * ' ' ^^^^^ ^^ A^ard [sofTM <m«] eoming up:
The subject of a dépendent infinitiye Is often omitted when indefinite: P. G. p. 317 (176(0.
10A ^' J'*^ ' * * 9*^^^^ ^y ^^"f^^^ ^^''^ ^^ muéh: B.G. 94a ; P.G. p. 221 (87a).
MON PREMIER VOYAGE À PARIS
-IQfj 1. M. Lefèvre was a notarj in whose office at Villiers- Cotterets Dumas was at this time studying law.
25. nons . . . revenir we haw 30 frarkcs [to pap] for earriage,
merely [i.e. for noihing hut'\ in eoming and going : P.G. p. 308
109 ^' ^ P^^^'M plays, Dumas had aiready written seyeral short plays in conjunction with Adolphe de
Leuven, who was trying to get them accepted at some of the
Parisian théâtres.
