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tu n'y es pas, ' you are mistaken,' ' not at ail.'

pair de France : the Chambre des Pairs was the namc of the Upper House in France from the Restoration of the Bourbons (1814) to the end of the reign of Louis-Philippe (1848). When the Chambre des Pairs was established in 1814 it consisted of members nominated by the king, either for life or vvith hereditary succession ; but later on, in 1831, the hereditary peerage was suppressed.

,, 12. l'ex-pair : in 1827 the king, Charles X., wishing to overcome the résistance of the Chambre des Pairs, created seventy-si.x new peers, selected from amongst his strongest supporters. After the Révolution of 1830, when Charles X. abdicated, their création was cancelled by the new Government.

., 13. son manteau fleurdelisé: worn by the members of the Chambre des Pairs. The Jleur-de-lis — the royal insignia of France — consisted, after Charles VI. 's days, of three golden lilies on a blue field.

,, 14. épaulettes : after the Révolution of 1830, the new Government, amongst other changes, turned out of the army many ofificers who were adhérents of Charles X.

,, 22. à qui sait l'attendre: qui is sometimes used, as hère,

without the antécédent [celui] in the sensé of ' whoever,'

and may be either subject or object, direct or indirect ;

qui aime bieti châtie bien, ' spare the rod, spoi! the child." choisis qui in voudras, Chimène, et choisis bien (Corneille). à qui venge son père, il n' est rien d'impossible (Corneille).

Cf. totit vient à point à qui sait attendre, ' patience brings ail

things about. ' 29. numéro d'ordre : when referring to order, numéro (not

?wmbre) is used ; e.g. le numéro d'une maison, d' un régitnetit,

d' un journal.

15. 6. le voilà qui coupe son pain, i.e. ' with a knife, like a

boor, instead of breaking it with his fingers. ' 8. c'est un homme jugé ! ' we know what to think of him ! '

16. 5. un air petit garçon : i.e. un air de petit garçon, petit

garçon being used as a single adjective referring to 'air.' 8. qu'à cela ne tienne! see note p. 6, I. 15. ,, 19. un conseil de famille means technically a meeting convened by the principal members of a family, and presidcd over by a magistrate, to settle important (jucstions relating to a minor.