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en était fou, was wild over her

Page 67. — r. parte, burst oui, have some vent, ColloqutaL 2. malpropre, not décent.

Page 68.— i. Pour faire, etc. You do it to make a stir, to put on style, to be " high-toned," (fla fia) . This and the rest of Robert's speech hovers between colloquy and slang, fait la roue, " do the peaco'.k," " spread one-s self y

2. de ça, i. e. noble sentiments, which, a littte further on (page 70, line 6), translate themselves into money.

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