en vacances or en visite

27. quelle arrivait. This construction is not strictly grammatical because the verb apprendre has two direct objects of very different nature: (a) ça (a pronoun); (b) a clause depending on que.

63, 9. que stands for quand.

64, 3. ta bonne amie. Bonne amie is the popular word for sweetheart.

4. la chèvre d’or, the Golden Goat, a treasure or a talisman believed to hâve been buried by Saracens under one of the old monuments of Provence. It is probablv a réminiscence of the Golden Calf. The inhabitants of Arles believed that the Golden Goat passed every morning at daybreak on the hill of Montmajour. Those of Laudun said that on June 24, at midnight, the Golden Goat would rush out of a deep cave on the summit of St. John’s Mountain (See the word cabro in MistraPs Lou Trésor dôu Felibrige).

5. cette fée Estérelle. Esterelle was a divinity of the Ligurians (the inhabitants of the ancient country lying between modem Marseilles and Genoa). In the Middle Ages, she became a Provençal fairy.

20. faire en aller — faire s’en aller (to dispel). The personal pronoun object of reflexive verbs is usually omitted when they are preceded b y faire.