tu es au fait de . . : see note p

,, 18. je m'en rapporte à ta . . parole, ' l'il take your word for it.'

69. 8. tout à l'heure : fout à l'heure hère refers to the past, ' a

short time ago' ; sometimes it refers to the future, ' presently," ' in a moment,' ' directly. '

,, II. Larochejaquelein (1772-94): the illustrious Royahst gênerai who fought so bravely in the Vendean war. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the Chouans, and was killed on the fîeld of battle.

,, 18. la duchesse de Longueville : Anne Geneviève de Bourbon (1619-72), the daughter of the Prince de Condé, married, in 1642, Henri IL d'Orléans, Duc de Longueville. At the time of the Guerre de la Fronde (a civil war in the early years of the reign of Louis XIV.) she took a leading part in the intrigues against the Court. Being finally forgiven by the king, she lived a life of retirement.

,, 19. Larochefoucauld (1613-80) : the author of Les Maximes, one of the masterpieces of French literature. He took part in several intrigues directed against Mazarin during the minority of Louis XIV. , and also against the king in the Guerre de la Fronde, of which he gives an account in his Mémoires.

,, 27. un dada qu'elle puisse enfourcher : dada, the word used by little children for cheval (as in English 'gee-gee'), means also, as hère, ' a hobby.' Translate : ' a hobby to ride.'

,, 29. réformer, in the military sensé, means (1) ' to invalid or to reject (men)' ; (2) ' to cast (horses),' as hère.