L'art lui-même vous fera défaut.—Art itself will abandon

ou.

: 7. Vous avez beau vous fâcher.—You need not get angry: For the explanation of beau used in the sense of ‘‘ in vain,” see Note 11to La Maison de Penarvan.

8. Au Havre.— Havre literally means Aaven, harbor; hence the use of the article in Le Havre, du Havre, au Havre. Its ancient name was Ze Havre de Grûce. from a small chapel of Notre Dame de Grâce, which stood on its site, — Tulents, a few lines lower, means accomplishments. It has always this er in the plural, unless used elliptica'ly for men of talent.

9. La Vigie.—Literally, ‘‘ the look-out;” here it is the nami> of a newspaper.

10. Cela m'a saisie. —That startled me. The same woril occurs again, in nearly the same sense, near the end of Scen: VIL.; and a few lines farther, in the beginning of the next scene, the noun suisissement is used in the sense of s4ock.

11. Oh! que si.—Oh yes, it is. Sis a much more emphatil affirmative than oui.—See Note 48 to Les Petits Oiseaux.—Iu Scene X. Noël says, ‘‘ Si fait,” yes indeed.

12. Il perd la tête. —He becomes excited—loses all presenct: of mind.