déparer, spoil the look of

4. choux. Remember this was the vegetable that Madame Malingear had hid from the Ratinois, page 31, line 29.

Page 55. — 1. faisan, etc., Chinese golden pheasant. This, too, with truffles, the caterer having now discovered Ratinois' weakness and inexpérience.

2. Lucullus, (B. C. H7?-57?), a Roman noble noted for his generalship and his patronage of letterg, but most of ail for his wealth and luxury.

3. en surprise, disguised, i. e. served under some other than their proper form.