fonmeanz économiques, soup-kitchens

4. nous y sommes . . . poche. We always hâve to go down into our €wn pockets ; lit., "We are in thèse cases (minus money) out of our own pockets."

5. ga, i.e., 1 792, the date which generally stands for the whole of the great French Révolution. See page 48, note i.

Pagre 98« — i. traité en pays conquis = (the authorities) had kad their way (i.e., done what they pleased) with . . .

2. premier étage, our second floor, the first or ground floor being the rez-de-chaussée.

Pagre 99« — i. fermier en chambre, indoor /armer,

2. The French peasants often use the euphemism monsieur for that unclean but useful animal, the pig.

3. le bouquet, the climax^ from the bunch of rockets with which a display of fireworks is apt to conclude.

Pagre 100« — I. j'vas, a form olje vais^ confined to peasant speech. . 2. gayroches, street Arabs,