CHAPTER VIII

59 4 Sa déconfiture, his defeat.

59 10 Toutes les langues se délièrent, ail the tongues

were loosened.

60 1 Au dessus de sa. tête chenue, above his denuded

head.

Bisaïeul, great-grandfather.

Ce diable d'homme, that fellow. Vnbon diable, a good fellow. Un pauvre diable, a poor fellow (see note to diable, p. 14, 1. 15) .

V échine, the back-bone.

Quoique entachée, although touched, etc.

Leur fit Veffet d'une panade, seemed almost tasteless to them.

63 23 Se pourlécher les lèvres, to lick one's chops (pop. express.)