sortir, for a fight, of course

Page 66. — I. l'esprit, 7<?ibV; Ut., "wit." Page 66.-^1. WO^B^\^ easy-going.

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 Vassassin ! = Thieves ! Murder !

Page 68. — i . espionomanie, a word coined for the occasion : spy- /ever,

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

Page 70«— I. les uoB^someofus (had sent them) ... les autres, others (of us). Had thèse words been in apposition to familles^ etc. they would hâve been féminine; see laissées, L 13.

2. prendre son parti de = togrow callous to ; lit., '* to make up one's mind, to get resigned to." See page 9, note 2.

3. The concierge, oxjanitor of apartment houses often keeps the candlesticks of tenants ^\ïo are in the habit of returning late, after the house lights are put out.