laboureur, tiUer of the soU; agricuUuraUsU

25. Je comprends le chagrin d'un fils, etc. The son {fis) is Gaston; the mother (mère) is France, the widow of the Legitimist party; the second husband {second mari) is the Orleanist party. In other words, Verdelet hopes that Gaston, a représentative of the Legitimist party, will become reconciled to the accession of Louis- Philippe, the head of the Orleanist branch of the Bourbons.

30. L'abstention de la noblesse, The holding aloof of the nobUity, i.e., the refusai of the old nobility (the Legitimist party) to become reconciled to the rule of Louis-Philippe.

3!3. — 2. plus d'un, more than one, Z)e,->"than," is used instead of gice before numerals.

10. L'uniforme de monsieur le duc répond pour lui. Verdelet means that the Duke's having entered the army shows that he is reconciled to the accession of Louis-Philippe.

27. Te voilà dans de beaux draps! A fine mess youWe in now! Lit., "Behold yourself in fine sheets!"

33. — 4. Je ne vous en veux pas, touchez là. See notes to pag^ 13, line 27, and page 29, line 1.