C'est que, That^s hecause

25. A six pouces près, Within six inches, i.e., ail noses are equal, except that some are six inches longer than others.

37. — 4. Noblesse oblige, NobUity of Urih requires nohleness of soul, a proverb that first appeared in 1808 in the Maximes et Réflexions of the Duc de Lévis.

12. si vous faites lâcher prise à ces bandits, if you make thoae robhers let go their hoîd. For the constructioa à ces bandits^ see note to page 15» line 3.

NOTES

38. — 6. la partie, the affair, Le,, the duel. In the next line, partie is used in the sensé of ''game."

17. aux Italiens, to the Italian Opéra, a Parisian theater of the period, devoted to Italian opéra and drama.