rentes sur l'Etat, ' State-bonds

actions et obligations de chemin de fer, 'railway shares and debentures.'

37. seraient d'une vente facile, * would find ready purchasers.'

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40. heureux. Say hère : * better ofiF, ' if you would be idiomatic.

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6. Montretout. One of the battles outside Paris during the disastrous war, 1870 1871.