Pulcinella, see page 33, note

5. don Limon et donna Pangrazia, two characters belonging to the same style of play as Pulcinella.

Page 63. — i. San Carlino, the name of the theater in Naples where thèse characters are enacted.

2. avouer tout bonnement et tout bêtement, to confess simply, like a "good" truthful man, or like a man too stupid (bêtè) even to tell a lie — both adverbs are used only in familiar conversation.

3. par exemple is often used for réellement^ "really." The sentence hère could be translated by : "/ really cannot imagine why^

4. ordonna de faire avancer la voiture = "he ordered the carriage."

5. quelle mouche vous pique ? transi., what is the matter with y ou?