CHAPTER XIV

Page 153. 1. faire sa partie de commérage : to do lier gossiping.

Page 154. 1. Je dois : I am to.

Page 155. 1. en allemand de Saxe : in the German of Saxony, i.e. good German. — 2. regrettée : missed.

Page 156. 1. le HundsrUck : A part of the mountainous région between Rhenîsh Bavaria and the Moselle. — 2. jurisconsulte : lawyer. — 3. sentences: maxims. — 4. res derelicta est res publica, res vulgata : abandoned property is public property, common property. — 5. rubriques : law maxims, rubrics.

Page 158. 1. sur la grande route : on the highway. — 2. brutalisés et pressés : harshly treated and hurried on.

Page 159. 1. l'Auvergne : A province of the south-central part of France coinciding nearly with the modem departments of Cantal and Puy-de-Dôme. — 2. la Provence : A province of France on the Mediterranean. It produced the famous Provençal songs.

Page 160. 1. les chemins de traverse: the cross-roads. — 2. écartons: let us banish.