un croquant! a ninny, a nobody (familiarh'- a cad

Tlie origiu of tliis abusive terui was the name given to the peasants of Guyenne, wbo revolted against Henry lY. and Louis XIII.

55. S. de faire rompre, to cancel, to obtain the annulation of.

12. que veux-tu I one cannot reason upon that. This phrase is alwaj-s indicative of helplessness in thought, Word, or deed (see p. 50, 1. 1 i, and cf. Latin, ' Quid vis faciam V — Terence).

16. elle fait des cris de paon, they are ail screeching or howliug after me. (Note the peacock's cry being taken as the type of an unbearable screeching. )