distraire, amuse

Page 124. — i. que j'ai dit, and not ^/iV^, because que refers in reality, not to the intensity alone, but 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 relieving guard. 2. coqueluche = lion ; lit., " whooping cough," because the rage for thèse celebrities is so catching.

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

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