28. le lendemain soir: note this is the correct way of expressing in French ‘next evening’; cf. _le lendemain matin_. Page 14. 17. s’y maria, ‘got married there.’ Note _marier_, ‘to give in marriage,’ or ‘to perform the marriage ceremony’; e.g. _le curé les a mariés; se marier avec_, ‘to be married to,’ e.g. _elle s’est mariée avec Monsieur B_., or _elle a épousé Monsieur B_. 20. gros ouvrage, ‘rough work.’ 26. par exemple: see note, p. 3 l. 22. 27. lui non plus, ‘either,’ added for emphasis at the end of the sentence. 29. avait fini par le prendre en grippe, ‘had at length taken a dislike to him.’ l’abreuvait de taloches, ‘rapped his head at every turn.’ 31. le fait est: a favourite expression of Daudet. It does not correspond to the English ‘the fact is,’ which generally denotes a contradiction, but rather strengthens what has been said. Trans. ‘indeed.’ Page 15. 2. perdait tous ses moyens, ‘completely lost his wits.’ 9. le voilà qui prend: the use of _le voilà_ is very emphatic; _voi_ is the imperative of _voir_, and _le voilà=vois-le là_. 18. tu as beau lui dire, ‘it is no use your telling him.’ _Avoir beau_ + infinitive is ironical, and elliptical for _avoir beau temps pour_, i.e. to have a fine opportunity, but to no purpose; cf. the English ‘it is all very _fine_ for you to tell him.’ 19. tout de même: see note, p. 10 l. 3. 30. pourvu qu’il ne lui soit rien arrivé, ‘I hope nothing has happened to him.’ 31. parbleu: a euphemism for _pardieu_. Trans. ‘why, of course not.’ Page 16. 15. recteur: as far as education is concerned, France is divided into seventeen _académies_, each under a _recteur_, who represents the _Ministre de l’instruction publique_. 24. de bonne foi, ‘honestly’; cf. _de bon cœur_, ‘gladly’ (p. 35 l. 28); _de meilleur cœur_, ‘more cheerfully,’ ‘more willingly’ (p. 49 l. 27). 28. non plus: see note, p. 14 l. 27. Page 17. 1. gones: provincial slang, ‘street arabs.’ 2. blouse à carreaux: note the French _à_ of description where we say ‘with’; cf.— p. 33 l. 14, _un personnage à favoris rouges_. p. 35 l. 20, _la fée aux lunettes_. p. 35 l. 24, _l’ homme aux moustaches_. p. 42 l. 20, _l’ homme aux clefs_. p. 52 l. 28, _ses souliers à boucles_. 5. Tiens! expresses surprise and may be rendered, according to the context, by ‘here!’ ‘look here!’ ‘I say!’ ‘halloa!’ ‘well, I never!’ etc. 6. me prit en aversion, ‘took a violent dislike to me’; cf. note, p. 14 l. 29. 7. du bout des lèvres, ‘in a most casual manner’; cf. _rire du tout des lèvres_. 16. sentaient bon, ‘smelt very nice.’ For other adjectives used as adverbs cf. _parlant haut_ (p. 40 l. 27); _il s’arrêta court_ (p. 43 l. 26); _ne pas manger tranquille_ (p 51 l. 23); _prier ferme_ (p. 56 l. 2); _il s’arrêta net_ (p. 98 l. 1).