il fait celui qui, ' he prétends

,, 12. c'est plus fort que moi, say ' I cannot help it.'

,, 14. on me cherche des chicanes {la chicaTle = \x\xm^^Qxy or

groundless quarrel), ' they carp at me.' ,, 15. c'est un fait exprès, ' it is donc designedly.' ,, 25. tu tombes bien, ' you hâve hit it,' 'a seasonable suggestion

indeed.' Cf. Engl. ' to tumble to a thing.' tiens, ' hère, take this. '

23. 6. maigre, penchée à l'anglaise, 'scraggy, sloping in the

English fashion. ' ,, 12. une pitié me venait, ' I felt some pity.' ,, 14. tu en vois de sévères, ' you are harshly treated.' ,, 17. branle au manche: branler, ' to shake'; le matuhe, 'the

handle.' Say ' is a problematic attainment,' ' is not at ail a

certainty. ' ,, 18. envoie -moi tout ça au diable, viz. 'give it ail up.' For

moi see note p. 17, 1. 8.

, , 20. de ton pas, i. e. ' at your own pace, ' ' quietly. '

24. 13. l'étiquette rouge, ' the red label' which bears ihc^oxd Poison. , , 18. Monsieur le Commissaire central, ' to the Chief Inspecter

of Police — Sir. ' ,, 22. AZ, azote, Engl. N, Nitrogen. ,, 24. je VOUS prie, monsieur {d'agréer F assurance de ma parfaite

considération).

LISE

26. 2. les Landes : a department of south-west France, formerly a part of the province of Guyenne ; so called from its vast tracts of sandy wastes, now, however, nearly covered with pine plantations, which fîx the moving sands and give large yields of turpentine.

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26. 3. TArmagnac : a district in south-west France, now includcd

in several departments.

Béam : formerly a French province, with Pau as its capital ;

now a part of the Basses- Pyrénées, la chasse aux, 'the catching,' 'the decoying,' 'the snaring of. ' ,, 5. à se nuer d'or, i.e. à se 7niancer, ' to become tinged with gold. ■ entre en campagne, ' is aHve and busy ' (Ht. ' takes the field"). Cf.—

être à la campagne, ' to be in the country. '

prendre la campagne, ' to take to the fields.'

tenir la campagne, ' to fight in the open. '

quitter la campagne, ' to take refuge behind walls' (in

fortified places).

faire campagne, ' to take part in a war. ' battre la campagne, ' to scour the ground before one for game or foes ' ; (fig. ) ' to wander (in mind),' ' to beat alxjut the bush. '