chasseur, liveried footman, here

6. forte, here, as often colloquially, shrewd. Cp. page 15, note 5.

Page 23. — I. ordonnance, physician's prescription.

2. pont Neuf, one of the oldest and most massive of the bridges of Paris, between the Louvre and the Palais de Justice.

3. Saint-Germain, a picturesque town and favorite summer résidence, ten miles west of Paris on the Seine.