jonchets, jackstraws

14. tanguant à larges enjambées, lurching forward with long strides.

78. 27. brigadier, Corporal (in the gendarmery) a noncommissioned officer commanding a detachment.

27. les yeux bridés etc., his eyelids tensely half closed. The attitude of a man constantly on the watch.

28. deux mèches de poils jaunes barrant la figure ramassée, two wisps of yellow moustache making a straight Une across his small features.

79. 7. Pas Prussien, tout de même ? Anyhow, you're not a Prussian, are y ou?

9. L'homme eut un sourire vite supprimé, the man smiled but quickly repressed his feeling.