Distractions, Fits of absentmindedness. Cf. dis

traite, p. 143, 1. 20.

84. 7. Souffler. To take breath, to rest, " blow." (Said of a

horse.) X5, Échelonnées. Bising in tiers. i

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Page, Llne.

34. 16. Tranclvaient avec vigueur sur, Were brightly set oflf against.

18. Scintillaient à d(mner=8cintillaient assez pour dorir ner,

18. L'Argonne. A rocky plateau of N.E. France on the western frontier of Lorraine, bordering upon the province of Champagne. It is comprised for the most part in the Département of the Meuse. Cf. p. 7, 1. 8, and p. 153, 1. 2, notes.