pour se dérober, *'to escape

35. — 1. Bioaires de Tordre moral, "hired assassins of public morality," — the name given by Courcier to the gendarmôB, or police.

2. maroquin. Ministerial portfolios are made of morocco leather. Not the smallest of the gifts that a minister can bestow Lad fallen to the lot of Courcier.

8. à grands renforts de fiacres à llienre, *' witb an extraordinary use of cabs hired by the hour." While the construction of a new ministry was going on there was an unusual rushing of cabs between the résidences of those interested, — paltry people» Courcier insinuâtes, who hire cabs by the hour I .

7. jetait dans les jambes. We shouldsay '' threw in his teeth."

9. tenir la tribnne, ' ' to hold the floor." The tribune is an elevated place for orators in législative assemblies.