qui est toujours à rôder, who is always prowling ahout

3. Moi de répliquer, / replied; the so-called historical infinitive.

4. J'étais bien avancé! A lot of information I got from themt Much good my conversation with them did met

Page 13. — I. ça bout là-dedans, my head is ail in a whirl; lit., "that boils in there."

Page 14. — I. Adélaï . . ., complète form: Adélaïde,

2. Mais ça doit vous être égal, ... le nom . . ., But you don't care anything ahout the names . . .

3. The boulevard HaussmanTi extends through commercial and aristocratie sections of Paris. It was named in honor of Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann (1809-1891), appointed prefect of the department of the Seine in 1853, and celebrated for the many improvements that he made in the streets and public buildings of the capital.

4. Comment ... s'y est-il pris ... la conversation? How did that simpleton of a Picot go ahout heginning the conversation?

5. Je n'ai pas eu grand mérite, allez! / donH deserve much crédit y I can assure you!