gros sous. Ten-centime pièces, worth two cents each

8. Lord Seymour. Lord Henry Seymour was a well-known English spendthrift in fashionable life at Paris from 1840 to 1860. His name became a by-word for prodigality.

9. le Roi des Halles. François de Vendôme, Duc de Beaufort, bom 1616, died 1669, was grandson of Henry IV. In the war of the Fronde he espoused the cause of the popular party, and was, therefore, called le Roi des Halles^ les Halles being the great central market of Paris.