Aile de pigeon=ch£velure relevée de côté, Said of

one who wears the hair to* represent a form suggesting a pigeon wing ; i. e,, old fashioned. Used here fig. for the person herself .

173. 1. Bleames (pron. blême). A town of this name is to be foimd in the Département of Marne, on the line of railway between Bar-le-Duc (cf. n. p. 7, 1. 8, Juvignyj etc.) and Châlons-sur-Mame, in the région where the scène of the story is set.