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195, 17. "_E la mio amor è andato a soggiornare
A Lucca bella--e diventar signore...._"
"And my love has gone to dwell
In beautiful Lucca--and become a gentleman...."
195, 29. "_O mon Fernand!_"--"O my Fernand!"
196, 13. "_Et vous ne cantez pas ... comme je pourrai._"
"And you do not sing at all, at all?"
"Oh yes, sometimes!"
"Sing somezing--I vill accompany you on ze guitar!--do not
be afraid--ve vill not be hard on you, she and I--"
"Oh--I'll do my best to accompany myself."
196, 21. "_Fleur des Alpes_"--"Flower of the Alps."
199, 23. _médaille de sauvetage_--medal for saving life.
200, 2. _Je leur veux du bien_--I wish them well.
200, 17. _Largo al factotum_--Make way for the factotum.
201, 24. _bis! ter!_--a second time! a third time!
201, 26. "_Het Roosje uit de Dorne_"--"The Rose without the Thorn."
202, 15. _sans tambour ni trompette_--without drum or trumpet
(French leave).
202, 29. _Hôtel de Ville_--Town-hall.
203, 4. "_Una sera d' amore_"--"An Evening of Love."
203, 16. "_Guarda che bianca luna_"--"Behold the silver moon."
204, 15. _boute-en-train_--life and soul.
205, 10. "_À vous, monsieur de la garde ... tirer les
premiers!_"
"Your turn, gentleman of the guard."
"The gentlemen of the guard should always fire the first!"
205, 20. "_Je ne tire plus ... main malheureuse un jour!_"--"I will
fire no more--I am too much afraid that some day my hand
may be unfortunate!"
205, 33. "_Le cachet ... je lui avais demandé!_"--"Mr. Josselin's
seal, which I had asked him for!"
206, 4. _Salle d'Armes_--Fencing-school.
206, 10. _des enfantillages_--child's play.
206, 15. "_Je vous en prie, monsieur de la garde!_"--"I pray you,
gentleman of the guard!"
206, 17. "_Cette fois, alors, nous allons tirer ensemble!_"--"This
time, then, we will draw together!"
206, 23. _maître d'armes_--fencing-master.
206, 29. "_Vous êtes impayable ... pour la vie_"--"You are
extraordinary, you know, my dear fellow; you have every
talent, and a million in your throat into the bargain! If
ever I can do anything for you, you know, always count upon
me."
208, 1. "_Et plus jamais ... quand vous m'écrirez!_"--"And no more
empty envelopes when you write to me!"
208, 10. _la peau de chagrin_--the shagreen skin. (The hero of this
story, by Balzac, is given a piece of shagreen, on the
condition that all his wishes will be gratified, but that
every wish will cause the leather to shrink, and that when
it disappears his life will come to an end. _Chagrin_ also
means sorrow, so that Barty's retina was indeed "a skin of
sorrow," continually shrinking.)
208, 29. "_Les misères du jour font le bonheur du lendemain!_"--"The
misery of to-day is the happiness of to-morrow!"
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