Les reins plies — Bending forward

Guévoir. — See note to p. 35.

Je me gardai bien d'en parler — I took good care not to speak of it.

79. Débouchèrent d'entre — Came out from. Himmelsfarth — The German word Himmelfarth means as

oension (of Christ) or assumption (of the Virgin) .

J'en avais des éblouissements — It made me dizzy to thinl{ of it.

C'est égal, arrivez toujours — No matter, come along.

80. Schlitte. — The schlitte in the Vosges is a kind of rough sied or sledge on which timber eut on the mountains is piled to be slid down a rude track on the mountain-side called a vovtou. Those who manage them are en lied schlitteurs.

S'user — Wear out. Notice that user often has other meanings than to use.