[A] Chienlit is the equivalent of the gibing expression "shirt hanging out" used by urchins among ourselves. It also signifies the strip of paper surreptitiously fastened to the clothes to render a person a laughing-stock; or, again, it alludes to the eccentric fashions of certain Carnival masqueraders. [B] _Cher ami_ means "dear friend." [C] Blanquette, in its culinary acceptation, signifies a "ragout." [D] "Woman is forever changing, and he is a great fool who trusts her." [E] Vous me faites suer; literally, "you make me sweat," which explains Cherami's retort. End of Project Gutenberg's Monsieur Cherami, by Charles Paul de Kock