Pièces montées, a generic name for pastry more or

less complicated, composed of différent parts. 101.— 28. Comme Œdipe d'une Égérie, Uke Œdipus ofan Ege~

ria. Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, when

wishing to give laws to his people, consulted Egeria in the

grove of Arieia. Œdipus, king of Thebes, was led, when ; old and blind, by his daughter Antigone. This classi-

cal blunder, confounding Œdipus and Numa, is in

character for Mlle. Préfère.