I. tombant en arrêt : see note on p

,, 10. dehors de sa chambre : a faulty expression for -^^^rj a'^. , , 20. à franc étrier, ' fuU speed. '

,, 21. tous les vents déchaînés se fussent disputé . . : for

this construction see note on p. 59, 1. 19.

, , 24. Calchas : the Greek soothsayer who predicted that the Greek fleet could come out of the harbour of Aulis only after Agamemnon had sacrificed his daughter Iphigenia upon Diana' s altar.

, , 29. coup sur coup, ' without stopping. '

83. 6. les chouans : the Breton peasants who rose against the

Republic. They were so called from their first leader, Jean Cottereau, having been nicknamed <rAfl!z'-/z?Yr(^/, ' screech-owl,' because he had taken the cry of the owl as his rallying cry.

, , 16. à qui en avez- vous ? ' what has put you out ? '

,, 21. c'est juste, ' quite right.'

, , 30. au fait ! ' to the point ! * Cf. Dandin in Les Plaideurs : — Et vous, venez au fait. Un mot

Du fait.

84. 7. qui m'eût dit . . ? ' who would have thought . . ? * 15. sommes-nous aux prises avec l'irréparable? cf. —

les deux armées étaient aux frises, ' the two armies were

fe les ai mis aux prises, ' I set them together by the ears. '

85. 3. un ours mal léché, ' an unHcked cub,' ' a surly boor.' 9. mon cher, ' my dear sir,' not ' my dear. '

,, 10. avec humeur : see note on p. 28, 1. 18.

, , 22. la fontaine d'Aréthuse : according to Greek mythology, Arethusa, a daughter of Nereus and Doris, had been changed by Artemis into a fountain in order to be freed from the pursuit of the river-god Alpheus. It was supposed that the water of this fountain could pass through bitter or miry water without losing its purity.