basin, dimity

7. prodigieusement accentués, strongly marked. Cf. page 5, note I.

Page 35. — i . ses yeux, coupés comme ceux des masques de théâtre. Allusion to the holes in the masks, for the eyes, and which make the cavities appear very deep.

2. le taureau Farnèse, the Famese Bull (in the muséum of the Studj in Naples) is a famous pièce of Greek sculpture representing Dirce bound on the horns of the Bull of Mount Cithaeron. The bull is about to start on the course which is to bring death to Dirce.

3. sapeur, sapeur, freman; sometimes applied to a strong drinker, and in gênerai meaning a rough bearded man, careless of his appearance.