marquions le pas, kept step

Page 48. — i. billet de logement, ticket of lodging, was a ticket showing where the men were to be quartered for the night.

Page 49. — i. aiguilles {égu-ï-y) étincelantes ; lit., sparkUng

needles ; hère, rays of light,

2. on nous fit serrer, etc., they made us close up ranks, and we marched on y keeping step better,