sortir, for a fight, of course

Page 65. — i. l'esprit, y<?^'«^; lit., "wit." Page 66. — i. coulant, <raxy-^^/«^.

Page 67. — i. l'accent alsacien consists largely in confusing the S and Z sounds. An Alsacian is supposed to be unable to say : poisson sans boisson est poison,

2. au Prussien. Cf. Au voleur ! A V assassin î = Thieves ! Murder !

Page 68. — i • espionomanie, a word coined for the occasion : spyfever.

2. coup de grâce, finishing stroke ; lit., "merciful," because by killing it puts out of misery.

Page 70. — I. les \m%^ some of us {yv2ià. sent them) . . . les autres, others (of us). Had thèse words been in apposition to familles^ etc., they would hâve been féminine; see laissées^ 1. 13.

2. The concierge, or janitor of apartment houses often keeps the candlesticks of tenants who are in the habit of retuming late, after the house lights are put out.