geignard: a grumbler

8. Sancho Pança. Sancho Panza, Don Quixote*s faithful squire.

9. quel mauvais ménage ils y devaient faire ! what a dog's life they tnust hâve led togetherî

10. Lucien: Lucian; a Greek essayist and satirist of the second century.

11. St. Évremond. A somewhat satirical French writer who lived from 161 3 to 1703.

1 2. à deux coups : double-barreled, The usual expression is à deux canons.