il était en butte, 4e was exposed

Page 8.— 1. Tas de gamins! ou lof of rascals! 2. dont vous ne valez pas les quatre fers, wzose four shoes you are not worth. The phrase Zes quatre fers d'un chien means: “nothing at all” 3. sans demander son reste, wifhout waiting for anything more. * 4. faire un bout de toilette, /o smprove his toilet a little.

Page 9.— 1. faisant de la main un appel sur sa cuisse, freely, slapping himself on the leg to coax him nearer.

2. que le pauvre diable a dû souffrir | 4ozw fhe poor fellow must have suffered !

3. a-t-il le flanc creux ! 4ow rhin ke is / lit., “how hollow his sides are.”