par rang de taille, ' according to size

,, 10. l'élève, 'the apprentice.' In France a candidate aspiring to become fully qualified as chemist has to serve six ycars as apprentice, to keep his name on the registers of the pharmaceutical school four or six years, as the case may be, and to pass the prescribed examinations.

blondasse, ' yellow-haired. ' The termination -asse generally

gives a bad signification to a word.

un sourire de marchand, ' a stereotyped obsequious smile ' (that of a shopkeeper receiving a likely customer).

,, 12. en dessous, i.e. 'below the surface,' ' secretly. See note p. 2, 1. 10.

,. 17. troussée lestement, ' skilfully manipulated,' secuf^dum artem.

,. 19. me met au courant, ' posts me up in.*

, . 26. faire un stage ofllcinal, ' serve his apprenticeship. ' See note above, 1. 10. lestage, 'probation.'

, , 27. certificat de complaisance, ' a certificate obtaincd by favour. '

, , 30. la pharmacienne, i. c. ' the wife. '

21. 2. ça se comprend, say ' it could not be otherwise ' (brought up

as she has been),

, , 4. ce qu'il y a de mieux en ville, ' the bcst society in the town. '

>» 5' Juge consulaire, 'a magistrale appointed to judge com-

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mercial causes.' Le consul, 'consul,' i.e. an officer to look aftcr the commercial interests of a nation in a foreign harbour.