comme pour les sentinelles, ' as for sentry-duty

6. Par lequel commencer ? Supply /aîi<-i7 before the verb. 20. un manche de plique, ' a whip handle.' Plique is a popular substitute for fouet, frequeutly nsed among the lower classes. 24. Plus vite donc, ' Now then, hurry up !'

10. la miséricorde, 'the dagger of mercy,' thus named becanse it was iised to put an end to a wounded man's sufferings.