métairie misérable, 'wretched fann

214-5. ^ somme de son remplacement, ' the sum for finding himself a substitute.' Until the last Révolution (1870) Frenchmen could get ofT military service by paying a sum and finding a substitute.

217. notaire, *notary,' a sort of solioitor, invested besides with public officiai powers.

227. tâter ses draps, comp. Falstaffs death : ' I saw him fumble with the sheets . . . So, 'a bade me lay more clothes on his feet : I put my hand into the bed, and felt them, and they were as cold as any stone ; then I felt to his knees, and soupward and upward, and ail was as cold as any stoue.'^ {Ktng Henry F., Act II. se. iii.)