pifece rare, grcut rarity, rare fini

57. — 7. et le plus tôt sera le mieux, the sooner the better. — 8. A d'autres, maintenant! What next ! — 27. plutôt bien que mal, rather good-looking than otherwise.

59. — 7. capote, hood of carriage, hère over the back seat only.

60. — 6. Si rapprochés l'un de l'autre, 50 iiear each other. — 23. Les maisons descendaient en joyeuse cascades jusqu'à la route, The houses lay in a picturesque cascade down lo the very road. — 29. Richard Cœur de Lion (1157-1199), King of England 1189- 1199 — a famous leader of the third crusade.

63. — 12. bêlements, bleating. It would appear the author has used this word looscly, or else would imply there were sheep in the herd. — 27. Poitou, former province of France corresponding to the présent Departments of the Deux-Sèvres, Vendée and Vienne.

64. — 21. ma mère, a popular means of friendly address to an elderly woman. — 22. si je la sais! as though I didnHl

65. — 27. Sa dernière espérance ne lui était-elle pas enlevée, Wasn't his last hope taken jrom him? lui a dativc with a verb of deprivation. — 28. C'en est fait, IVs ail up. — 30. je n'arriverais qu'à me faire rire au nez, / should only make a fool of myself.