Je croîs que oui, / think «o

9. l'ancienne noblesse; — la nouvelle. The old nobility originated before the French Révolution; the new nobihty sprang up after the Révolution.

20. Catillard, or catiUaCf a large cooking pear. A hit at M. Poirier's name.

25. bataille d'Ivry. Henry IV defeated the Catholic League in the battle of Ivry (1590). -

58. — 2. La Rochelle, a city on the western coast of France. A Protestant stronghold, it was besieged and captured by Richelieu in 1628.

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3. La Hogue. In 1692 the French were defeated in a nayal battle off La Hogue (on the English Channel) by the combîned English and Dutch fleets.

4. Fontenoy, a village in Belgium, where the French defeated the English and the Austrians on May 11, 1745.

5. Quiberon, a town in northwestem France, near which, in 1795, General Hoche defeated a small army of French refugee nobles {fmigrés),

21. Voilà qtd promet pour la tribune, That looks promising for the rostrum, i.e., that speech seems to indicate that M. Poirier will be a great public speaker when he becomes a peer of France.

59. — 1. le premier étage. See note to page 46, line 12. 7. Âu deuxième, On the third floor,