Part 99

18, 23. nougat--almond cake. pâte de guimauve--marshmallow paste. pralines--burnt almonds. dragées--sugarplums.

18, 30. le père et la mère--father and mother.

19, 2. corps de logis--main buildings.

19, 13. la table des grands--the big boys' table. la table des petits--the little boys' table.

19, 27. brouet noir des Lacédémoniens--the black broth of the Spartans.

20, 25. À la retenue--To be kept in.

20, 29. barres traversières--crossbars.

20, 30. la raie--leap-frog.

21, 14. rentiers--stockholders.

21, 20. Classe d'Histoire de France au moyen âge--Class of the History of France during the Middle Ages.

21, 27. trente-septième légère--thirty-seventh light infantry.

22, 13. nous avons changé tout cela!--we have changed all that!

22, 16. représentant du peuple--representative of the people.

22, 19. les nobles--the nobles.

22, 27. par parenthèse--by way of parenthesis.

22, 30. lingerie--place where linen is kept.

24, 30. Berthe aux grands pieds--Bertha of the big feet. (She was the mother of Charlemagne, and is mentioned in the poem that Du Maurier elsewhere calls "that never to be translated, never to be imitated lament, the immortal 'Ballade des Dames du Temps Jadis'" of François Villon.)

25, 23. Allée du Bois de Boulogne--Lane of the Bois de Boulogne.

25, 28. pensionnat--boarding-school.

28, 4. la belle Madame de Ronsvic--the beautiful Lady Runswick.

28, 33. deuxième Spahis--second Spahi regiment.

30, 4. Mare aux Biches--The Roes Pool.

30, 14. la main si malheureuse--such an unfortunate hand.

31. 2. La Dieppoise--a dance of Dieppe.

31, 5. "Beuvons, donc," etc. "Let's drink, drink, drink then Of this, the best wine in the world ... Let's drink, drink, drink then Of this, the very best wine! For if I didn't drink it, I might get the pip! Which would make me...."

31, 13. "Ah, mon Dieu! quel amour d'enfant! Oh! gardons-le!"--"Ah, my Lord! what a love of a child! Oh! let us keep him!"

32, 5. cæteris paribus--other things being equal.

34, 19. à propos--seasonable.