Président du bureau, tellcr

Pagre 29. — i. Vous y êtes, hâve you got that? Félix is keeping count of the votes.

2. On n'y mange pas mal; certainly not overstated, since the cooking of Paris has long been famous.

3. La halle ; he means the Halles Centrales, the largest market in Paris, which covers an area of 22 acres, and has an immense trade in ail sorts of provisions. The Abattoirs, too, are interesting to country visitors.

4. J'ons un cousin qu'abat, ungrammatical French foi J'ai un cousin qui abat.

Page 30. — I. Le bonheur . . . , happiness perhaps awaits me there; a référence to a plan of his which appears later on.

2. A demain, an abbreviation of a longer formula, adieu jusqu''à demain.

Page 31. — I. Casino, one of the music-halls of Paris, several of which bear this name at présent.

Page 32. — i. En vinaigrette, -ajith vinegar sauce; a cold sauce made of oil, vinegar, parsley, and flavored with onion orgarlic.