I. Un Coup de Tête

I. quartier du Temple. The Temple was a strong castle built by the Knights Templars, in 1 2 1 2, in the northeastem corner of old Paris, and occupied by them until the suppression of their order in 131 z. It

afterwards served as a royal treasury and later as a prison. It was demolished in 1811. Its site is now occupied by a market for the sale of cheap clothing and notions.

2. gros pain : coarse bread ; big loaves, from three to five feet long.

3. yiolettes et jaunes. The méat was, therefore, hardly fit to eat.