les bois de la Malmaison. The park of la Malmaison

a château, teu miles M'est of Paris, once the résidence of Joséphine, wife of Napoléon I.

14. VOUS êtes raide en afTaires, ' you are stiflF to deal with,'

' liurd to liundle.'

16. éplucher, •criticise.* In primary significations the word

is used of cleaning or sorting vegetables, or the like.

Hère its use is familiar and satirical. 60. 3. au deuxième. EUipeis of régiment. H 10. notaire gradé, a notary who is a non-commissioned officer

^V il) the vulunteers, i.e., not a real soldier.

^K 25. c'est qu'il a du cœur, ' the fact is, he has courage.' ^HfL 2. l'autorité. Translate by the plural.

^^B 6. préfet de police, the Commissioner of Police (head of the

^^K |x>lice) in the l>eijartment of the Seine, which includes

^^V Paris and its suburbe.

^H \l. la faire porter, ' to get sonoebody to take it.'

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veuillez agréer. The commencement of one of the polite formulas for closing a letter. The ellipsis would be something like, F expression de mon plus profond respect.

• ma femme ! silence.' Tins is addressed to Daniel.

aïe ! Equivalent to ' now she knows ! '

se bat, ' is going to fight. ' Présent for future.

grrand Dieu, 'dear, dear !'

un bourgeois. Equivalent hère to 'a civilian.'

il n'y a qu'une course. Equivalent to 'one trip will do it.'