Allons donc. See note, p. 8, 1. 23, and p

Page 22. — 8. j’y suis. I see, I get you, I catch on.

9. mardi gras. On Shrove Tuesday confession was generally made in preparation for Lent, so the day was given over to feasting and merry making. This day was generally the final one of a period of carnival.

13. Pritchard. This and the preceding names are type names in vogue during the masking and merry making of the Mardi Gras.

19. à la chie-en-lit. This is an exceedingly coarse expression sometimes applied to the maskers who fill the streets during the Mardi Gras. When one wishes to boo or jeer at a masker he uses this cry. Translate by whatever expression a child of your locality would use when calling out at a clown in a circus parade.

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