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210, 23. _dune_--a low sand-hill. (They are to be found all along
the Belgian coast.)
214, 22. _par_--by.
214. 32. _dit-on_--they say.
216, 22. _bien d'accord_--of the same mind.
217, 1. _née_--by birth.
217, 29. _moi qui vous parle_--I who speak to you.
219, 3. _Kermesse_--fair.
219, 6. _estaminet_--a drinking and smoking resort.
219, 10. _à la Teniers_--after the manner of Teniers, the painter.
219, 34. _in secula seculorum!_--for ages of ages!
220, 3. _Rue des Ursulines Blanches_--Street of the White
Ursulines.
220, 5. _des Soeurs Rédemptoristines_--Sisters of the Redemption.
220, 11. _Frau_--Mrs. (This is German; the Flemish is _Juffrow_.)
220, 26. "_La Cigogne_"--"The Stork Inn."
221, 9. _salade aux fines herbes_--salad made of a mixture of
herbs.
222, 28. _à fleur de tête_--on a level with their heads.
223, 6. _savez vous?_--do you know?
223, 26. _chaussées_--roads.
224, 26. _Les Maîtres Sonneurs_--The Master Ringers.
_La Mare au Diable_--The Devil's Pool.
225, 21. _séminaire_--clerical seminary.
225, 29. "_Mio caro Paolo di Kocco!_"--"My dear Paul de Kock!"
225, 32. "_Un malheureux_" etc.
"An unfortunate dressed in black,
Who resembled me like a brother."
(Du Maurier himself.)
228, 14. _mein armer_--my poor.
228, 17. _Lieber_--dear.
229, 5. _Bel Mazetto_--Beautiful Mazetto.
229, 7. "_Ich bin ein lustiger Student, mein Pardy_"--"I am a jolly
Student, my Barty."
229, 15. _Katzenjammer_--sore head.
229, 18. _Liebe_--love.
230, 2. _tout le monde_--everybody.
231, 18. _autrefois_--the times of yore.
231, 21. "_Oh, non, mon ami_"--"Oh, no, my friend."
231, 29. "_Petit bonhomme vit encore_"--"Good little fellow still
alive."
232, 1."_Hé quoi! pour des peccadilles_," etc.
"Eh, what! for peccadilloes
To scold those little loves?
Women are so pretty,
And one does not love forever!
Good fellow
They call me ...
My gayety is my treasure!
And the good fellow is still alive--
And the good fellow is still alive!"
233, 10. _Soupe-au-lait_--Milk porridge.
234, 2. _muscæ volitantes_--(literally) hovering flies.
242, 1. "_Mettez-vous au régime des viandes saignantes!_"--"Put
Yourself on a diet of rare meat!"
242, 4. "_Mettez-vous au lait!_"--"Take to milk!"
242, 9. _désoeuvrement_--idleness.
242, 16. "_Amour, Amour_," etc.
"Love, love, when you hold us,
Well may we say: 'Prudence, good-bye!'"
244, 1. "_Il s'est conduit en homme de coeur!_"--"He has behaved
like a man of spirit!"
244, 3. "_Il s'est conduit en bon gentilhomme_"--"He has behaved
like a thorough gentleman!"
247, 9. _Les Noces de Jeannette_--Jeannette's Wedding.
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