on va joliment s'ennuyer, ' it will be verydreary.' Cf

Engl. colloq. ' joUy dreary.' 6. des partis, et des fameux, allez, ' marriagcablc young

ladies, and good, rich matches, I tell you. ' Des = de, partis

understood ; see note p. 2, 1. 31.

.. 25. déchéance bourgeoise, ' loss of caste,' i.e. being givcn the

cold shoulder by former well-to-do friends (of the middle

classes) now that she had become poor.