II. eh bé, i.e. eh bien, in Southern parlance

,, 17. une, deux I Fricasse had evidently been a soldier. ,, 20. allongea, i.e. donna ; somewhat irreverent. Cf. sema?it les bénédictions, p. 85, 1. 7.

HORTIBUS

88. I. volets battants, ' the shutters loose,' i.e. ' unfastened.' 8. des soleils, ' Catharine-wheels. '

, , 10. l'infirmerie toute blanche, ' the sick-ward with its white draperies. '

89. 6. tout de gro, ' without hésitation, ' Formerly written tout

de gob (from gober, ' to swallow '), i.e. ' at a gulp.'

Tiennet : diminutive for Etienne ; Stéphane is a doublet.

pitchou, i.e. petit, Southern patois,

fouace : a sort of cake baked in the ashes ; ' a bun. '

à trois, i.e. étant trois, ' the three of us.'

couvant de l'œil, 'without taking her eyes off,' ' wistfuUy eyeing. '

mien, 'darling mine,* 'mineown.' Cf, note p, 16, 1, 17.

à pleins cmvres, à pleins poumons (i,e, 'the brass instruments giving fuU as much sound, the lungs blowing full as hard, as they were able '), ' clangorous.'

un long, i.e, un homme long.

du coup (fig, ), ' from the effect of it.'

envoyant des pieds de nez, ' making grimaces * (lit. ' puttng their extended fingers to their nose to mock at the defeated one ') ; avoir im pied de nez (lit, ' to hâve a nose a foot long'), ' to Smart under the humiliation of failure in an undertaking, ' See note p. 61, 1, 2.

24. lévite : distinguish between lévite (masc, ) and lévite (fem, ).

VIEUX-SAXE

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94. 4. les vieux-Saxe, i.e. les vieux — spécimens de porcelaine de —

Saxe. The reason of the non-accordance of Saxe is obvious.

Meissen, in Saxony, is the place where that kind of china is

manufactured.

,, 6. commodes, ' easy to deal with. '

une enragée, ' a regular démon. ' ,, 15. un parfait rond de cuir, transi, 'an idéal clerk,' ' quill-

driver,' i.e. a quiet, patient, niethodical, stay-at-home fellow.

So called from the padded leather cushion which clerks of a

certain standing in an office are wont to put on the arm-chair

they sit upon.

,, 16, bourgeoise, 'housewife.' ,, 18. c'a : coUoquial elision for ça a, cela a. ,, 19. le tête-à-tête, 'their constantly being together.' He had

hitherto been away ail day on his rond de cuir.