sans me laisser abattre, without giving way to déjection

4. aller sur les brisées, etc., try to compete with Providence (lit. "to enter the domain [préserves, etc.] of another"). — brisées, primarily the track of deer through the wood, marked by broken branches, or, according to Littré, the place for deer marked by broken branches by the foresters, hence the place where deer is kept, préserves.

Pagre 21. — i. ferrets en diamants, tabs set with diamonds.

Page 22. — i. Où . . . rien, In which Jam not concerned at ail. 2. vous voilà averti, you are now informed.

Page 23. — i. Elle . . . mal, She is really not bad looking.

2. des titres, not titles, but a certain social rank, éducation, etc., hence proofs of being entitled, etc.