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sept heures, seven o'clock

5. la nappe mise, the table set; lit., " the table-cloth put on."

Page 10. — I. fit demi-tour à gauche, turned half round to the left.

2. Bonsoir la compagnie I Good evening to yau l lit., "goodevening everybody."

3. Notre-Dame-de-6râce, a church consecrated to the Virgin Mary, where sailors go on pilgrimage. Allusion above is to the practice of off ering a candie to the Virgin for deliverance from danger.

Page 11. — I- pour ce qui est de cela, eu far as this goes.

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