coupy drink; one of many meanings

Page 6. — I. rabattu. The style of Marinoni's cloak (zvith turned-down collar) shows him to be a foreigner. Gobemouche, gull, a person who will " swallow " Çgober) anything.

Page 7. — I. bergeronnette, wagtaiL This is a lively little bird, quick in its movements. The word also means "young shepherdess."

2. sent, a play on two uses of sentir. In Facio's speech it has the idiomatic meaning hâve the appearance of, lit., smell of. d'une lieue, a league away. bête à faire plaisir, delightfully stupid,

3. des nez de carton, false noses, instead of masks covering the whole face.-

4. prendre . . . filles, put our arms around the girW waists, la queue, of the wigs.

134 NOTES pp. 8-13

Page 8. — I. s'assoit. Musset uses indifferently s'assoit and s'assied,

2. usé, rebattu, stale, worn-out " Un moyen si simple qu'il est usé à force d'être rebattu." ÇL'Ane et le ruisseau, scène vni.)