22. qu’On se le tint pour dit, ‘Someone must bear in mind that . .’ 25. riaient sous cape, ‘were laughing in their sleeves.’ Cf. _rire dans sa barbe_. 28. injures, ‘insults’: so _injurieux_, ‘insulting.’ What is the French for ‘injury’? 31. où aller? ‘where could he go?’ Interrogative infinitive, often used in deliberative sentences. Page 70. 1. ils furent à sec d’éloquence, ‘they were hard up for something more to say.’ 5. me riaient au nez, ‘laughed in my face.’ 11. à faire dresser tes cheveux: for this use of it in the sense of _assez pour_ cf. p. 79 l. 8, _me serrant les poignets à les briser_; p. 84 l. 19, _les autres riaient à se tordre_. Page 71. 4. je finis par ne plus m’occuper d’eux, ‘after a time I no longer troubled about them’; cf. note, p. 14 l. 29. (chapter ix. full=xi) 18. maîtresse poutre, ‘kingpost.’ Page 72. 12. les enfants auraient . ., que je ne m’en fusse pas aperçu, ‘if the boys had . . I should not have noticed.’ 18. tu ne te doutais pas, hein? ‘you had no idea, eh?’ 24. M. le curé de Saint-Nizier, ‘the vicar of Saint Nizier.’ Note _curé_=‘parson,’ i.e. either the ‘vicar’ or ‘rector’ of a parish, but _vicaire_=‘curate.’ 27. mémoires: note _le mémoire_, ‘memoir,’ ‘memorandum’; _la mémoire_, ‘memory.’ 30. tout compte fait, ‘after reckoning everything up.’ Page 73. 1. sur mes économies, ‘out of my savings.’ 3. la jolie ville que ce Paris! see note, p. 4 l. 31. 9. j’en étais là, de la lettre, ‘I had just come to that part of the letter.’ 10. sourd: lit. ‘deaf.’ The word is often applied to sounds which are indistinctly heard. Trans. ‘dull.’ 12. à tue-tête, ‘at the top of their voices.’ 14. sous-préfet, ‘sub-prefect.’ At the head of each _département_ there is a _Préfet_ who represents the _Ministre de l’intérieur_ (Home Secretary). Under him are _Sous-Préfets_, who are responsible in each _arrondissement_ to the _Préfet_ for the maintenance of law and order. 17. pour le quart d’heure: see note, p. 30 l. 29. 18. ce qui me tenait à cœur, ‘what I cared for.’ 21. se culbutaient, ‘jostled one another.’ 30. encore: idiomatic, ‘too,’ or ‘at that.’ Page 74. 6. bien, ‘really.’ 10. Quartier Latin: a quarter of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine, where the University is situated. pense un peu! ‘just think of it!’ 30. il me tardait d’être seul: note— _il me tarde de vous voir_, ‘I am longing to see you.’ _il ne tardera pas à venir_, ‘he will not be long in coming. Page 75. 11. fou: note— _il est fou_, ‘he is mad.’ _c’est un sot, une bête, un imbécile_, ‘he is a fool.’ 18. à coup sûr: see note, p. 2 l. 17. Page 76. 9. c’est donc Monsieur, ‘so it is you, sir, is it?’ 19. de quoi il s’agissait, ‘what he was driving at.’ 28. sûr la tablette: note the preposition. The French look at the object _before_, the English _after_ it has been removed. Page 77.