L'AVENTURE DE WALTER SCHNAFFS.

2 17. =les arrêta net=: _stopped them short_.

2 18. =francs-tireurs=: the _guerrillas_, independent military detachments waging the war in their own fashion, and acknowledging no allegiance to the commanding general. The word _franc-tireur_ is used for the _individual_ as well as for the _corps_ to which such individual belongs.

3 2. =ornière=: _rut_; here, _excavation_.

4 16-17. =ils en feraient une bouillie, une pâtée=: _they would make mince-meat or a pie out of him_.

4 21. =histoire de rire=: _matter of laughing; just to amuse themselves_.

6 5-6. =n'entendant rien que les plaintes sourdes de ses entrailles=: _hearing nothing but the dull gnawing in his stomach_.

7 1. =qui le crispa=: _which made him shudder_.

8 25. =nom d'un nom=: a softened form of an oath.

9 3. =chamarré d'or=: _covered with gold lace_.

9 19. =agenda de commerce=: _a drummer's note-book_; as though he were jotting down an order for merchandise.

10 10. =un aïeul=: here, _an old man_.