fa/, 'profession

1. 3. par exemple. Literally, 'for instance,' but used as a sort of expletive, sometimes, as here, asserting strongly (I do know how to live), sometimes expressing surprise (you don't mean to say so !).

1. 13. annonçait, 'betrayed.' The idea is of heralding or prognosticating.

1. 18. le sens de sa vie, the real meaning of his life. We should say 'the secret' or the 'key-note.'

1. 19. ce tiii' il y avait de sombre, E.B. 129, 'the element of melancholy.'