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.