bien pris dans sa taille, ' well proportioned

,, II. de mauvais aloi : this expression, originally referring to coins (aloi, from Lat. ad, lege7n, 'standard'), is often used in the sensé of ' low, ' ' of bad quality. '

,, 12. tranchant du marquis, ' assuming the airs of a marquis.'

,, 31. à cinq cents pas de là : see note on p. 18, 1. 10.

31. 5. de ce pas, lit. 'with this step,' i.e. 'just now,' ' even now.' 18. monsieur le vicomte, dit M. Levrault . . : thèse successive interruptions coming to a climax are worthy of Molière.

, , 19. Chypre : the island of Cyprus, between Asia Minor and Syria. , , 20. Alicante : a Spanish town on the Mediterranean.

32. II. la décharge d'une pile de Volta, 'an electric shock.'

Volta, born in Como in 1745, died in 1827 ; he opened a new field to science by the invention of the pile which bears his name.

,, 16. se troubla : distinguish between troubler and ' to trouble.'