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125, 33. blanchisseuse--laundress.

133, 30. "Roy ne puis, prince ne daigne, Rohan je suis!"--"King I Cannot be, prince I would not be, Rohan I am!"

133, 34. "Rohan ne puis, roi ne daigne. Rien je suis!"--"Rohan I cannot be, king I would not be. Nothing I am!"

135, 10. grandes dames de par le monde--great ladies of the world.

137, 6. "O lachrymarum fons!"--"O font of tears!"

140, 28. Jewess is in French, juive.

141, 10. "Esker voo her jer dwaw lah vee? Ah! kel Bonnure!" Anglo-French for "Est ce que vous que je dois laver. Ah! quel bonheur!"--"Is it that you that I must wash? Ah! What happiness!"

142, 12. Pazienza--Patience.

143, 8. "Ne sulor ultra crepidam!"--"A cobbler should stick to his last!"

145, 1. "La cigale ayant chanté," etc. "The grasshopper, having sung The summer through, Found herself destitute When the north wind came."...

146, 20. "Spretæ injuria formæ"--"The insult to her despised beauty."

146, 31. billets doux--love letters.

152, 8. "La plus forte des forces est un coeur innocent"--"The Strongest of strengths is an innocent heart."

154, 3. "Tiens, tiens!... écoute!"--"There, there! it's deucedly pretty that--listen!"

154, 8. "Mais, nom d'une pipe--elle est divine, cette musique--là!"--"But, by jingo, it's divine, that music!"

155, 26. bourgeois--the middle class.

155, 34. nouveaux riches--newly rich people.

158, 2. "La mia letizia!"--"My Joy!"

160, 17. "Beau chevalier qui partez pour la guerre," etc. "Brave cavalier, off to the war, What will you do So far from here? Do you not see that the night is dark, And that the world Is only care?"

160, 23. "La Chanson de Barberine"--"The Song of Barberine."

160, 28. cascamèche--nightcap tassel. moutardier du pape--pope's mustardman. tromblon-bolivard--broad-brimmed blunderbuss.

160, 29. vieux coquelicot--old poppy.

160, 31. "Voos ayt oon ôter!" Anglo-French for "Vous êtes un autre!"--"You are another!"

162, 10. C'est toujours comme ça--It's always like that.

163, 17. à bon chat, bon rat--a Roland for an Oliver.

166, 14. poudre insecticide--insect-powder. mort aux punaises--death to the bugs.

166, 22. pensionnat de demoiselles--young ladies' boarding-school.

166, 28. Je connais ça--I know that.

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