masquées ou brutales, ' covert or flagrant

6. lazaret, ' lazaretto ' or ' lazar-house ' ; a hospital or pest-house,

particularly intended for those suffering from contagions diseases ; so called from St. Lazarus, the patron saint of lepers.

. , 12. il tenait plus de Sancho Pança que de Don Quichotte, transi. ' was more of a clown than a paladin. ' The référence is to the Don Quixote of Cervantes. Tenir de, ' to be akin to,' ' to partake of the nature of,' ' to take after.'

,. 15. nani = w^««t, 'no, ohdearno.'

elle n'entendait pas de cette oreille-là, ' she would bave turned a deaf ear to such a proposai. '

,, 17. à la mesure de la province, ' within the limitations of provincial (i.e. cliquish) society. '

,, 21. l'attendrissement béat, 'the sanctimonious, hypocritical commisération. '

48. 5. liqueurs de fenêtre, ' fruit préserves' ; hornemade décoctions

of certain fruits (black currants, cherries, sloes), also of angelica, verbena, etc., exposed to the air on window-sills, with a view as stated,

49. 5. à tout événement, i. e. pour être prêt à tout événement.

7. entra en coup de vent (lit. like a gust of wind), say ' entered

likc a whirlwind.'

,, II. il n'en revenait pas, i.e. de sa surprise, ' he was dumfoundcd. '

,. 20. me prenant à partie, ' turning to me ' ; see note p. 2, 1. 31. .. 21. j'y tiens, ' I am bent on having it.' 61. IT. le grris perle (lit. ' pearly grey '), ' the grcy of early dawn.'

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