acte de location, lease

21. faubourg Saint-Germain is the old aristocratie quarter of Paris.

18. costume de ville, lit. city dress ; plain clothing (not in livery).

74.— 19. leçons de guides, drimng-lessons. Note the différence between le guide and la guide.

30. rapide, express-train, le Havre, at the mouth of the Seine, is one of the most important ports of France. Over 200,000 inhabitants.

75. — 16. à la (mode) Parisienne, Russe, truites saumonées, salmon trout.

28. mazette, oh! The word is merely an expression of surprise.

30. Madame Récamier (1777-1849) was the ncknowledged queen of beauty during the early years of Napoléon 's rule.

76. — 8. the Boulevard Haussmann, one of the handsome streets of Paris, crosses the Boulevard Malesherbes.