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28. échafaudés : dressed high. It was the fashion between 1778 and 1785 for ladies to hâve their hair dressed to stand a foot and dîten two feet above their heads.

29. paniers: hoop petticoats. Thèse were in vog^e at Paris at various times during the eighteenth century.

30. Aht mon Dienl ils vont mettre le fenl Good heavens! they will set the buildings onfire.