Farenheit, pronounceyWv-tt

3. à onze heures et demie sonnant (or sonnantes), at the stroke of

half past eleven.

Page 4. — 1. se tirer d'affaire, get out ofa difficulty ; make oné's way somehow. Passepartout, lit. * passing everywhere ' (hence also 'master-key '). Jean Passepartout may be rendered by Jack-of-alltrades.

Page 5. 1. Tussaud, founder of the well-known wax-cabinet in

London.