distraire, amuse

Page 124. — i. que j*ai dit, and not ^//V^, because que refers in reality, not to the intensity alone, bi^t to ail he has said of the severe winter.

2. livrer à domicile, to deliver (at the purchaser*s résidence).

Page 126. — i. Phomme . . . pointu. The German infantry wear brass-peaked helmets.

Page 127. — caporal de pose, the corporal ofthe reîieving guard, 2. coqueluche = lion; lit., "whooping cough,'* because the rage for thèse cdebrities is so catching.

Page 128. — i . culotte de peau, because of the leather seats of their riding breeches.

Page 129. — i . tient à l'estomac = is sustaining, i. e., appeases hunger for a long time to corne.