Part 119

414, 28. un malheureux raté--an unfortunate failure

415, 9. abrutissant--stupefying.

416, 15. affaire d'estomac--a matter of stomach.

418, 1. "Je suis allé de bon matin," etc. "I went at early morn To pick the violet, And hawthorne, and jasmine, To celebrate thy birthday. With my own hands I bound The rosebuds and the rosemary To crown thy golden head.

"But for thy royal beauty Be humble, I pray thee. Here all things die, flower, summer, Youth and life: Soon, soon the day will be, My fair one, when they'll carry thee Faded and pale in a winding-sheet."

418, 19. périssoires--paddle-boats. pique-têtes--diving-boards.

418, 21. station balnéaire--bathing resort.

419, 25. utile dulci--the useful with the pleasant.

420, 9. la chasse aux souvenirs--the hunt after remembrances.

420, 25, s'est encanaillé--keeps low company.

422, 25. porte-cochère--carriage entrance.

423, 1. "Ah, ma foi!... la balle au camp"--"Ah, my word, I understand that, gentlemen--I, too, was a school-boy once, and was fond of rounders."

423, 11. Le Fils de la Vierge--The Virgin's Son.

423, 12. mutatis mutandis--the necessary changes being made.

423, 34. "Moi aussi, je fumais ... n'est ce pas?"--"I too smoked when it was forbidden; what do you expect? Youth must have its day, musn't it?"

424, 3. dame--indeed.

425, 30. cour des miracles--the court of miracles. (A meeting-place of beggars described in Hugo's "Notre Dame de Paris." So called on account of the sudden change in the appearance of the pretended cripples who came there.)

426, 16. "Ô dis-donc, Hórtense," etc.--"Oh say, Hortense, how cold it is! whenever will it be eleven o'clock, so that we can go to bed?"

428, 5. nous autres--we others.

428, 22. Numero Deus impare gaudet--The god delights in uneven numbers.

430, 22. "Aus meinen Thränen spriessen," etc. "Out of my tear-drops springeth A harvest of beautiful flowers; And my sighing turneth To a choir of nightingales." Heine.

435, 24. Ah, mon Dieu!--Ah, my God!

437, 34. Établissement--establishment.

439, 31. Pandore et sa Boîte--Pandore and her Box.

441, 12. "C'est papa qui paie et maman qui régale"--"Papa pays and mamma treats."

445, 8. au grande trot--at a full trot.

447, 12. Nous étions bien, là--We were well, there.

447, 21. l'homme propose--man proposes.