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28. To be admitted to the king's soeiety when he was about to retire for the night, le jpetil coucher, was a privilège only of the highest nobility.

87. A leur lever, when they rise. Cf. the Lever of Louis XIV., as described by A. Bambaud in his Histoire de la Civilisation fra/nçaise, vol. ii, p. 8. Cf. note, line 28.

48. PuliM&tf is hère the snbstsntive, daac^nnx the adjeetive.

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