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182, 24. _Tout ça, c'est de l'histoire ancienne_--that's all ancient
history.
183, 8. "_très bel homme ... que joli garçon hein?_"--"fine man,
Bob; more of the fine man than the handsome fellow, eh?"
183, 12. _Mes compliments_--My compliments.
183, 19. "_Ça y est, alors! ... à ton bonheur!_"--"So it's settled,
then! I congratulate you beforehand, and I keep my tears
for when you have gone. Let us go and dine at Babet's: I
long to drink to your welfare!"
184, 1. _atelier_--art studio.
184, 6. _le Beau Josselin_--the handsome Josselin.
184, 33. _serrement de coeur_--heart burning.
185, 22. _Marché aux oeufs_--Egg Market.
186, 4. "_Malines_" or "_Louvain_"--Belgian beers.
186, 25. "_Oui; un nommé Valtères_"--"Yes; one called Valtères"
(French pronunciation of Walters).
186, 28. "_Parbleu, ce bon Valtères--je l'connais bien!_"--"Zounds,
good old Walters--I know him well!"
188, 26. _primo tenore_--first tenor.
188, 29. _Guides_--a Belgian cavalry regiment.
188, 32. _Cercle Artistique_--Art Club.
191, 1. "_O céleste haine_," etc.
"O celestial hate,
How canst thou be appeased?
O human suffering,
Who can cure thee?
My pain is so heavy
I wish it would kill me--
Such is my desire.
"Heart-broken by thought,
Weary of compassion,
To hear no more,
Nor see, nor feel,
I am ready to give
My parting breath--
And this is my desire.
"To know nothing more,
Nor remember myself--
Never again to rise,
Nor go to sleep--
No longer to be,
But to have done--
That is my desire!"
191, 23. _Fleur de Blé_--Corn-flower.
192, 31. "_Vous allez à Blankenberghe, mossiê?_"--"You go to
Blankenberghe, sah?"
193, 1. "_Je souis bienn content--nous ferons route ensiemblè!_" (_je
suis bien content--nous ferons route ensemble_)--"I am fery
glad--ve will make ze journey togezzar!"
193, 5. _ragazza_--girl.
193, 7. "_un' prodige, mossié--un' fenomeno!_"--"a prodigy, sah--a
phenomenon!"
193, 24. _Robert, toi que j'aime_--Robert, thou whom I love.
193, 29. "_Ma vous aussi, vous êtes mousicien--jé vois ça par la
Votre figoure!" (Mais vous aussi vous etes musicien--je
vois ça par votre figure!)_--"But you also, you are a
moosician--I see zat by your face!"
194, 4. _elle et moi_--she and I.
194, 5. _bon marché_--cheap.
194, 34. _en famille_--at home.
195, 7. "_Jé vais vous canter couelquê cose (Je vais vous chanter
quelque-chose)--una piccola cosa da niente!--vous comprenez
l'Italien?_"--"I vill sing to you somezing--a leetle zing
of nozzing!--you understand ze Italian?"
195, 12. _je les adore_--I adore them.
195, 16. "_Il vero amore_"--"True Love."
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