maniement positif : their hold on his attention

11. de quoi défrayer vingt romans-feuilletons: enough to fumish material for twenty stories, The romanfeuilleton^ or as it is more commonly called, the feuilleton^ is the lower third of the page of Parisian joumals, devoted to light literature.

12. faubourg Saint-Honoré. The Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoé is one of the principal streets of Paris, leading westward from the center.