àconper an contean: "thick enough to eut with a knife

4. Tenait d'allnmer : What is the force of venir wheo foUowed by de and infinitive, when foUowed by à and infinitivc, when foUowed by infinitive without a preceding préposition ?

7. des: Why the partitive form desl 4,1. Chanssée-d'Antin: Name of a street

in Paris leading south from Trinity Churchtothe grand boulevard des Italiens, and near the Grand Opéra House. See note 18 and 122, 17. Hem! Eam! Haï Atchouml Onomatopoetic words, imitating the sound of clearing the throat and of sneezing.

3. faisant le gros dos: '* shrugging himself up," **all humped up."