I . comment cela z/<i-/-/7— Idiomatic, ' How are you

* How goes it ? ' 10. en plein jour — * in broad daylight.' 21. porte d'or à la bande de sable — A term of heraldry, 'bears or with sable band.' i\. font-ils les bons apôtres ? — * do they make ' {i.e,, pretend to be) ' good apostles ? ' />.,

* saints.'

d. 9. Faites-moi le plaisir — * Do me the favor.* 26. Voilà-t-il is a barbarism. The negative form is intensive, * Is not that something to raise a cry,' or * to shout about ? ' equivalent to ' Is that anything ? ' etc. 28. cuistres — Properly, a servant in a college, a college fag.

62. I, Le bel air — The 'airs,' the pompous air. 9. gloire en gros sous — 'glory turned into coin.' 11. Charmant métier — Satirical, 'A fine trade.' 15. Vous tétiez encore votre nourrice — May be translated, ' You were still an infant,' etc. 19. Note that /a;// is a perfect participle with its auxiliary in line 16. Nous avions fait sortir tout le vent : compare the vulgarism, ' To take the wind out of.' 23. Note the difference between matinée and matin, 29. J'aurai soin des relais — ' I will attend to the relays,' i.e., of horses.

63. 8. il/éz/> j/— * Ah, yes!* 21. Tenez-vous tranquille — ' Keep quiet,' />., ' Do not be alarmed.' 27. Je veux bien tout vous dire — * I would like to tell you all.'

64. 3. Pour V instant — ' For the present.' 20. Qu'estce que je vais faire? — Note the interrogative idiom ; lit.,

* What is that which I am going to do ? ' ' What am I going