jouons au. See note, p

20. corbillon. crambo , an old game in which the players tried to match rhymes. Pontbichet unwittingly used six words that rhymed. Dardard jokingly continues the rhyme and at the same time suggests that they are playing crambo. Pontbichet uncon-

NOTES

scfôusly uses another rhyme, whereupon Dardard caps it too with a rhyme.

Page 8. — 10. à double tour. Practically all old French locks could be locked singly or doubly. One turn of the key in the lock shot one of the catches, and by giving the key a second turn another catch shot forth, thus “ double-locking ” the door.