Dieu! Heavens

Page 86. — 1. par exemple! cf. page 19, note 2.

Page 90. — 1. le silence est d'or. Proverb from the Koran, " Speech is silvern, silence is golden."

3. Voilà qui promet! ironical, a fine auguryl lit., "this» is promising."

Page 93. — 1. un loup, "wolf," an unsophisticated country girl.

Page 94. — 1. l'excellente figure que, what a kindly face.

Page 99. — 1. Méridionale, hère, woman from Southern France.

Page 100. — 1. lui, for il, by way of emphasis.

Page 102. — 1. sa bouche en disait bien long, the expression of his mouth betrayed his thought.

Page 103. — 1. elle donnait des coups d'épée dans l'eau, she

strove in vain, wasted her énergies.

2. de faire quelque frais de conversation, to venture a feu* words.

3. Mont-St.-Michel, an island monastery and fortress on northwest coast of France.

Page 104. — 1. je mettais . . . sur les dents, / made my partner dance until he was worn out.