ACT I

3. — Stage direction, chasseur d'Afrique, AJrican lighi cavalry^ mauy i.e., French light cavalryman serving in North Africa (Algeria).

2. brigadier, carporal (in the cavalry). In the infantry, "corporal" is caporal,

2. monsieiu: le marquis. Note the respectful use of monsiewr. A marquis is a nobleman of hereditary rank next above that of count.

13. 15 février 1846. About two years before the end of the reign of Louis-Philippe. Conceming the historical and social background of the play, see Introduction.