lui, emphatic for il

9.-4. hôtel may mean the same as the English hôtel, but more frequently means a city mansion. A mansion in the country is called château.

11. lui. Conj. pron. instead of possessive ; translate with tête.

13. Saint-Cyr, near Paris, was originally a convent for the éducation of the daughters of the nobility ; now a military school. The French " West Point."

16. chasseurs, light cavalry. The " chasseurs d'Afrique" is a corps specially intended for service in Algiers.

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