cèpe : a kind of edible mushroom with very dark skin

, . 10. arri, ' gee up. ' Cf. Aardi as an interjection, used to encourage,

to excite.

., 19. plus enfoncée (lit. 'more sunk in'), 'feebler,' 'more

wasted. ' ,. 22. c'est bien le tout, i.e. ce sera tout juste, ' vve shall do no

more (even if \ve do that) than . .' . . 26. une fantaisie galopante, ' a whim to indulge in a gallop. '

33. 2. le sang avait failli lui tourner, ' she had had an awful

turn. '

elle ne se possédait plus, ' she was beside herself. '

9. l'eau rouge : a décoction of balsamic plants grovving in that

part of the country, and there used as a lotion. ,, 17. à tort et à travers, ' without rime or reason.' ,, 23. ramer (lit. ' to row,' and fig. ' to be ceaselessly at work,' likc

a galley slave), ' to toil.'

, , 29. un vieux sec, ' a wizen old man. '

34. 2. où le masque s'aiguise, où le regard s'acère, ' in which

the face becomes seared, the expression cold and hard. '

5. se rengorgeant, ' assuming a pompons air' (lit. ' bridling up." i.e. throwing the head back so as to cause the neck to swell).