bols, i. e. finger-bowls

Page 57. — 1. En voilà des épiciers, Well thèse are common people ! Epicier (grocer) is often taken in French literature as the type of the small tradesman.

2. créole, a person of French parentage born in the West or East Indian colonies. In literature the créole who returns to France is usually distinguished by ostentatious wealth.

3. Ça tombe bien, It is a lucky chance that brings him here. Ironical.

4. Lesage, presumably a caterer of second rank, but I have been able to find no trace of the establishment.

Page 58» — I. j'y pense, it just occurs to me,

2. histoire, trouble, "mess," " row." Familiar; also "history," "story," "scandai," "lie," etc. *

Page 59. — 1. en évidence, in plain sight. Their presumed acquaintanceswere the English prime-minister Palmerston (1784- 1865), the Russian commander-in-chief in the Crimea (1 792-1 861), the famous French painter Vernet (1789- 1863), and a noted athlète and lion-tamer. The reader will not fail to notice the ludicrous combination.