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Page 6. — I. méphistophélique, adjective derived from Mephistophelesy the name given to the Devil in the legend of Faust, who made a contract with him. personnage à tournure méphistophélique = "a person of evil looks."

2. membre du Jockey-Club, synonymous for rich and aristocratie. The Jockey-Club of Newmarket, in England — the first established and still the most famous — admits only very wealthy people. The number of members does not exceed sixty ; two votes against a man will keep him out.

3. bleu foncé; the complète sentence would read: une redingote d'un bleu foncé.

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4. cravate à pois, a neck-tie ivith polka dots; le pois = "the pea."

5. canots'. . . chaloupes. Both names are applied to small boats. canot is more generally applied to skiffs, and chaloupe to boats in the service of a large vessel.

6. domestiques de place, résident servants hired for spécial service, or for a limited time — e.g, "errand boys" — in contrast with permanent servants.

7. facchini. Italian, plural of facchino, street porter; properly "load carrier."

8. faisait force de rames ; idiomatic for *' les hommes mettaient toutes leurs forces à ramer "=: ro^ed as fast as possible, •

Page 7. — I. du large, hère naval expression, /;w// the open sea