il se fit : there began

10. chéchia. Chéchia is the Algerian name for the fez, a close-fitting, visorless, red woolen cap, ornamented with a long blue tassel, flot, It is the common head-covering worn in ail countries along the eastem and southem shores of the Mediterranean.

1 1. d'une longueur : ofgreat length.

12. qui venait là bien à propos pour corriger ce qu'il y avait d'un peu trop farouche : which were just the things to tone down the somewhat excessive fier ceness.