au beau temps, i. e., au temps de la prospérité

23. Seigneur Dieu! See note, p. 13, 1. 27. — Du bon blé! See note, 1. 1 above.

24. Laissez-moi, que je le regarde for laissez-moi le regarder.

29, 2. donner à manger, i. e., donner quelque chose à manger (à moudre , to grind). — Pensez donc! See note, p. 9, 1. 5; also note, p. 11, 1. 12.

3. il ne s’est rien mis sous la dent = il n'a rien mangé , i. e., il n'a rien moulu (past participle of moudre).

10. C’est une justice à nous rendre: “ In justice to us or in our behalf, this must be said.”

15. ne prit sa suite = ne le remplaça. — Que voulez-vous! The full sentence would be: Que voulez-vous y faire or qu'on y fasse ? “ What can you do about it? Who can help it? It cannot be helped.”

18. des parlements. Before the Révolution of 1789 there were in France thirteen provincial parliaments or principal judicial courts.

Les Petits Pâtés

30, 2. la rue Turenne, one of the streets of the old Parisian quarter, the Marais (the Marsh), so called on account of its low situation along the right bank of the Seine River, west of the former site of the Bastille.

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5. les Versaillais. After the Germans had raised the siégé of Paris (January, 1871), the leaders of the Commune (an insurrectionist movement of the radical éléments) became the masters of the destiny of the capital from March to May, 1871. The seat of the regular government was at Versailles (about 15 miles south-west of Paris), whence the name of Versaillais given to the regular army, the national troops.

10. Pile Saint-Louis. In the center of Paris, the Seine forms two islands, l’île Saint-Louis, inhabited by very quiet people, and, west of it, a larger one, l’île de la Cité, the cradle of Paris.

19. cette . . . silhouette blanche. Errand boys of French pastry cooks usually wear white coats, aprons and caps.

31, 2. la rue de Rivoli, one of the busiest and longest streets in Paris.

8. des premiers de Pan, i. e., du premier jour de l'an, du premier janvier.

10. aussi, beginning a clause, is usually translated by “ that is why,” “ therefore.”

16. Qu’est-ce que cela lui faisait à lui, la bataille? Doubly

redundant construction (see note, p. 4, 1. 5), for qu'est-ce que la bataille lui faisait ? “ What did he care about the battle? ”

18. Les Bonnicar. Observe that proper names except those of very illustrious families, take no s in the plural.