Se trimbaler—To go about, to jog along ; very familiar

Sans-culottes.—See note to p. 112. The word is used in rather a disparaging sense here, as it often is.

160, Catéchisme républicain.—The authors are here guilty of an anachronism, as the book issued under the title Catéchisme républicain, philosophique et moral, was published only in 1795.

161, Faire sa partie de commerage—To have her turn of gossip. This expression is about as unusual in French as the one given is in English; partie here means game, so to have her game of gossip would be a more literal translation.

163, La queue en trompette—His tail curled up.

Allemand de Saxe—-German of Saxony, that is, good German, as opposed to the provincial dialect of the district.

164, Sentences—Maxims.

Res derelicta est res publica, res vulgata.—This old Latin

law maxim might be translated, What is abandoned is public, common property.

169. Ce qui finissait de m'abreuver d'amertume—What entirely overwhelmed me with grief; the last two words mean, literally, steeped me in bitterness.