14. par ici! ‘this way!’ ‘along here!’ Cf. _par là! par où?_ 16. faisaient froufrou, ‘rustled.’ 22. au passage, ‘as they went along.’ 23. à l’année prochaine! ‘good-bye till next year!’ Cf. _à demain! à ce soir! à bientôt! au revoir!_ Page 59. 1. clic! clac! another onomatopoeia. 8. riant à belles dents, ‘laughing merrily’; lit. ‘showing their pretty teeth as they laughed.’ 12. chasser à la pipée, ‘to go bird-catching with a bird-call.’ (chapter vii. full=viii) 19. au fond d’un grand fauteuil, ‘comfortably seated in a big arm-chair.’ Page 60. 26. paillettes, ‘spangles.’ 30. en, ‘on account of them.’ Page 61. 1. confidences: see note, p. 40 l. 24. 13. ou bien encore, ‘or else.’ 16. ce n’est que cela? ‘is that all?’ 22. de guerre lasse, ‘in utter despair.’ 27. quelle est la lettre dont il s’agit, ‘what the letter in question is all about.’ Page 62. 25. non plus: see note, p. 14 l. 27. 31. pour comble de malheur, ‘to crown his misfortunes.’ Page 63. 1. la rentrée, ‘the first day of term.’ 10. n’a qu’à bien se tenir, ‘must put himself on his best behaviour.’ 14. berlines: a ‘berline’ is a large closed carriage of the chariot type, so called from Berlin, where it was first made. 15. manquent à: cf. note, p. 44 l. 16. (chapter viii. full=ix) 22. en train: sc. _de travailler_. 23. grands mois, ‘full months’; cf. _au grand soleil_. 24. son va-et-vient habituel, ‘its ordinary routine.’ Page 64. 4. litanies, ‘long files.’ 14. de mon côté, ‘for my own part.’ 24. cocorico! ‘cock-a-doodle-doo.’ 26. les papiers mâchés, ‘chewed paper pellets.’ 30. en désespoir de cause, ‘as a last shift.’ Page 65. 11. me faisait mauvais accueil, ‘always received me coldly. 17. tenait beaucoup à cet élève, ‘thought a great deal of this pupil.’ Note— _il tient de sa mère_, ‘he takes after his mother.’ 28. j’avais affaire à forte partie, ‘I had a difficult customer to deal with.’ Note— _avoir affaire de_, ‘to have need of.’ _avoir affaire avec_, ‘to do business with.’ 29. faquin de marquis, ‘puppy of a marquis.’ 30. en pleine étude: see note, p. 7 l. 3. Page 66. 7. je m’engageais dans une méchante affaire, ‘I was getting involved in rather a critical business.’ 14. il fallait voir de quel air, ‘you should have seen the air he put on.’ 26. j’eus le geste de le prendre au collet, ‘I stretched out my hand as if to seize him by the coat-collar.’ 28. misérable, ‘wretch.’ Page 67. 3. pour le coup: see note, p. 2 l. 17. 12. mis à la raison par ce gringalet de pion, ‘brought to his senses by this slip of an usher.’ 24. troublèrent, ‘disturbed.’ See note, p. 12 l. 30. Page 68. 1. j’en serais quitte pour la peur, ‘I should get off with a good fright.’ 12. j’étais perdu, ‘it was all over with me.’ Page 69. 1. là-dessus le voilà parti à . ., ‘thereupon he began to . .’ 12. réquisitoire, ‘indictment.’ 21. On, ‘Someone.’