Procède par à-coups. Proceeded hj fits and

starts.

19. Fit le gros dos. Lit. : curved his back (like a cat) ; transi. : was bloated up.

17. — 12. Tu dieu!,., ne vous échauffez pas. By Jove... do not get excited.

23. Aruspice^ de Cicéron, The aruspices : a class of Roman priests whoee chief duty it was to examine the entrails of the victims sacrifioed to the gods, and to foretell future events by them. During the last years of the Republic, thèse priests enjoyed but little faith, and the educated classes did not believe in

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their prédictions. The great orator, Cioero, in his oration De Haruspicum responsiSy even asserted that no two of thèse aruspices could meet without bursting into laughter ; the text bas référence to this well known assertion.

18. — 8. Égyptologue, A scholar interested in Egyptian archœology and antiquities.

13. Hippolyte, Hippolytus, the son of Theseus, King of Athens, who repulsed the love of his stepmother Phaedra.

19, Chambre... Conseil d* Etat,., House of Représen-

tatives... State Council (whose duty it is to make laws, and to solve any diffîculties arising in matters of administration) .

19. — 4. La déesse Ists, femme et sœur d'Osiris. Egyptîan gods, the parents of Horus and Anubis.