Part 113

203, 4. "Una sera d' amore"--"An Evening of Love."

203, 16. "Guarda che bianca luna"--"Behold the silver moon."

204, 15. boute-en-train--life and soul.

205, 10. "À vous, monsieur de la garde ... tirer les premiers!" "Your turn, gentleman of the guard." "The gentlemen of the guard should always fire the first!"

205, 20. "Je ne tire plus ... main malheureuse un jour!"--"I will fire no more--I am too much afraid that some day my hand may be unfortunate!"

205, 33. "Le cachet ... je lui avais demandé!"--"Mr. Josselin's seal, which I had asked him for!"

206, 4. Salle d'Armes--Fencing-school.

206, 10. des enfantillages--child's play.

206, 15. "Je vous en prie, monsieur de la garde!"--"I pray you, gentleman of the guard!"

206, 17. "Cette fois, alors, nous allons tirer ensemble!"--"This time, then, we will draw together!"

206, 23. maître d'armes--fencing-master.

206, 29. "Vous êtes impayable ... pour la vie"--"You are extraordinary, you know, my dear fellow; you have every talent, and a million in your throat into the bargain! If ever I can do anything for you, you know, always count upon me."

208, 1. "Et plus jamais ... quand vous m'écrirez!"--"And no more empty envelopes when you write to me!"

208, 10. la peau de chagrin--the shagreen skin. (The hero of this story, by Balzac, is given a piece of shagreen, on the condition that all his wishes will be gratified, but that every wish will cause the leather to shrink, and that when it disappears his life will come to an end. Chagrin also means sorrow, so that Barty's retina was indeed "a skin of sorrow," continually shrinking.)

208, 29. "Les misères du jour font le bonheur du lendemain!"--"The misery of to-day is the happiness of to-morrow!"

210, 23. dune--a low sand-hill. (They are to be found all along the Belgian coast.)

214, 22. par--by.

214. 32. dit-on--they say.

216, 22. bien d'accord--of the same mind.

217, 1. née--by birth.

217, 29. moi qui vous parle--I who speak to you.

219, 3. Kermesse--fair.

219, 6. estaminet--a drinking and smoking resort.

219, 10. à la Teniers--after the manner of Teniers, the painter.

219, 34. in secula seculorum!--for ages of ages!

220, 3. Rue des Ursulines Blanches--Street of the White Ursulines.

220, 5. des Soeurs Rédemptoristines--Sisters of the Redemption.

220, 11. Frau--Mrs. (This is German; the Flemish is Juffrow.)