4-4. {=es=} (introductory) {=giebt=}, _there is_. 4-5. {=bescheiden=}, _modestly_, _unassumingly_. Note the sly irony. 4-6. {=Buchau=}, a fictitious name; {=der bayrische Wald=} (“_the Bavarian Forest_”), a wooded mountain-range in Eastern Bavaria. 4-7. Distinguish between {_lange_} (adj.) {Jahre} and {Jahre =lang=} (adv.) _for years_. 4-8. {=stiller Mondschein=} (=still moonshine=), familiarly and jocosely for „_slight baldness_.“ 4-9. {=das bayrische Wappen=}. _The shield of arms of_ (the kingdom of) _Bavaria_ is supported by _two_ fiercely looking _lions_, and contains a smaller center-shield (“inescutcheon”) which shows a field of forty-two rhomb-shaped parts (“lozenges”) of alternately blue and white tincture. For the latter the wit and the satire of the masses have found the designation “_blue and white cuts of bread_.” 4-10. {=ins= Gesicht} (idiom, the definite article for the possess. pronoun), = {in _sein_ Gesicht.}--The meaning is: The cares of official life had gradually taken from him all his individuality, so that he looked now as grim as the lions which support the shield of arms of Bavaria, and his face, wrinkled and furrowed, resembled the center-shield with its many cracks and zigzags. 4-11. {=nicht übel=} (_not bad_, _not amiss_), two negatives take the place of a strong affirmation, _very fine-looking_. 4-12. {=wanderte=} (=wandered=). Note the rhetorical figure of „personification“ consisting in representing inanimate objects as endowed with life and action, an idiom not infrequently employed, mainly as a substitute for the passive voice which is less used in German than in English--_was put_ or _packed_. 4-13. {der} {=Opodel´doc=} (or {Opodeldok}), a liniment consisting of a solution of soap in alcohol, with the addition of camphor and essential oils--_opodeldoc_. =Page 5.=--5-1. {der} {=Gemsbart=} or {Gamsbart} (=chamois-beard=), a name given to the bristles cut from the back of the chamois, when arranged in rosette style and worn as a kind of trophy by chamois-hunters on the left side of their Alpine hats. 5-2. {=elegant´=}, note the accent. 5-3. {=sei=} (indirect subj.), _was_ (as she thought). 5-4. {=nicht ganz bei Trost sein=} (colloq. phrase), _not to be in one’s right mind_, or _to be slightly cracked_. 5-5. {=mit der Krone und dem „L“=} _with the small silver-crown_ (a badge fastened to the caps of government-officials) _and beneath it the letter “L”_ (standing for {Landgericht} = Provincial Court of Justice). 5-6. {=wäre=}, conditional subj. after {als, als ob, als wenn, wie wenn}. 5-7. {=ihr=} (dat.), to her = _in her opinion_. 5-8. {=Mensch=}, here: _common mortal_, humorously in contrast to {Beamter} (office-holder). 5-9. {=vor sich=} or {vor sich hin} (a phrase), _as to herself_. 5-10. {=als=} (southern dialect = {alles} or {allzeit}) for {immer}, _always_. 5-11. {=es= geht fort}, cf. Page 3, Note 4.