sortir, for a fight, of course

Page 65. — I. l'esprit, >>è/«^; lit., "wit." Page 66. — I. COvAaXit, easy-gaing.

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! = Thieves î Murder ï

Page 68. i • espionomanie, a word coined for the occasion : spy-

fever.

2. coup de grâce, finisking stroke ; lit.,*" merciful," because by killing

it puts out of misery.

Page 70. — I. les uns, j<7«i«? ^«j (had 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 returning late, after the house lights are put out.