Cela... coup, *This was a blow

26. Cadix... Gibraltar. Cadiz is a port on thewest and Gibraltar a port on the east of the Straits of Gibraltar, through which a vessel coming to Marseilles from Sénégal would hâve to pass.

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4. hocha... reprises, 'shook his head two or three times. 16. Ah !.. . présent. * Oh, so Zéro writes now ? ' 26. à ce,..sembléj *so it secmed to me,' lit, 'according to what it seemed to me.'

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11. de n'en... voir, 'never to allow this to be seen,' lit. *never to let anything of it be seen.'