docteur, /n>j

Pagre 41. — I. Ayenay . . . Sillery, towns in the old province of Champagne (department of Marne), noted for their wines. For the condition of the peasants, see page 42, Unes iS-22, and pages 85-86. The French name " Champagne " given to the character ^ would indicate that he was a lackey who had become a farmer of taxes.

2. la taille, the nobles did not pay taxes, hence the low birth : of Sylvain.