à la bonne heure! goodl

Page 109. — 1. les faits et gestes, "acts and deeds," valorous deeds. The heroic achievements sung in old French literature are called gestes.

2. qui sortent du fond des bois, who corne from the backwoods.

Page ni. — 1. on succès fou, a stunning success.

Page 113. — 1. vous met les points sur les i, makes things pîain for you, " dots your *'s."

Page 114. — 1. bouc émissaire ("sent out"), scapegoat The goat on which the high priest's lot fell was presented before the Lord to make atonement and sent out into the wilderness. as a scapegoat (bouc émissaire, in French Bible; see Leviticus xvi : 6-10).

Page 115. — 1. de cas extraordinaires, i.e., brilliant matches; cf. page 91, line 26.