le poil de la bête ; omit le poil de in translating

5. ce pauvre Zéro va me faire faute, / will miss poor Zéro ; comp. with page i, note i. *

Page 71. — I. fût, should belong.

Page 72. — i. de première main, of the producer ; lit., « of the first hand."

2. chef-lieu de canton. France is divided in eighty-seven departments, each department in arrondissements, and the latter in cantons ; trans., ckief town of the district.

Page 73. — i. accentua ses lignes, showed its form more plainly.

Page 75. — i. ce serait capable, // might.

Page 80. — I. n'était que de seconde force, was not very well up. 2. les questions ne tarissaient point, questions did not stop^ were never at an end ; lit., " never dried np," " were never exhausted."

Page 81. — I. port d'attache, home-port.

2. la rincette et le pousse-café, small glasses of brandy or some cor dial, nsually taken after drinking coffee ; rincette ; lit., " rinsing ; ** pousse-café ; lit., " coff ee-driver, pusher."