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18. du train dont j’allais, ‘judging from the rate at which I was walking’; cf.— _à fond de train_ ‘at full speed.’ _il nous a menés bon train_, ‘he brought us along at a great rate.’

je dus faire le trajet, ‘I must have covered the ground.’

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10. le coup de l’étrier, ‘the stirrup-cup.’ A glass of liquor given in the Highlands to a guest on leaving, when his feet are already in the stirrups. It is sometimes called the ‘parting cup,’ or in the north of the Highlands ‘the cup at the door.’

12. et me voilà courant, ‘and I started to run.’

à perdre haleine: see note, p. 99 l. 12.

15. pourvu que: see note, p. 15 l. 30.

17. conduisit: remember that to ‘take’ a person somewhere is _conduire_ or _mener_, not _prendre_.

19. louche, ‘of doubtful reputation.’

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8. à faire pleurer: see note, p. 70 l. 11.

11. la ripaille devait chauffer, ‘the revelry must have reached its climax.’

12. toutes grandes, ‘quite wide.’ When is the adverb _tout_ variable?

19. riaient à se tordre, ‘were splitting with laughter’; see note, p. 70 l. 11.

25. fort à propos: see note, p. 55 l. 31.

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14. devaient être, ‘must have been.’

15. auditoire, ‘audience’; the French _audience_=‘official reception,’ e.g. _le roi lui a donné audience_.

18. des zouaves: the Zouaves are a body of French infantry serving in Algeria. They are famous for their fearless courage.

19. la partie perdue, ‘the game was up.’

25. ayons l’œil, Roger, et en avant la grands scène! ‘come, Roger, bestir yourself; now is the time for the grand scene.’

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3. se roulait: same meaning as _riait à se tordre_.

7. avait fait exprès d’envoyer…, ‘had purposely sent…’

18. me mit hors de moi, ‘enraged me.’

24. je n’y tins plus: see note, p. 57 l. 5.

29. je ne sais quel: see note, p. 47 l. 24.

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6. où trouver de l’argent? comment m’en aller? see note, p. 69 l. 31.

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8. par exemple, ‘however’; cf, note, p. 3 l. 22.

21. j’en aurais encore long à te dire, ‘there is a good deal more I could say to you.’

24. ou bien, ‘or else.’

26. ignorer: _not_ ‘to ignore,’ which in French is _méconnaître_ or _faire semblant de ne pas connaître_.

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5. vous couperez de mes cheveux: cf.— _j’ai de vos livres_, ‘I have some of your books.’

22. attendant qu’ils soient…: note the subjunctive and the use of _que_ instead of _jusqu’à ce que_ after _attendre_.

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3. il se glisse à petits pas dans l’ombre des murs, ‘he steals along slowly under cover of the walls.’

6. péristyle: a range of pillars surrounding a courtyard or an edifice.

14. un peu de lune descend et vient donner en plein sur…, ‘a moonbeam comes down and shines full upon…’

16. ne fait qu’y penser depuis des heures, ‘has done nothing but think about it for hours past’; note— _il ne fit que le toucher_, ‘he only touched it.’ _il ne fait que manger_, ‘he does nothing but eat.’ _il ne fait que de sortir_, ‘he has just gone out.’ _il n’a que faire de sortir_, ‘he has no occasion to go out.’

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1. en voilà une idée, de faire du trapèze, ‘that’s a queer idea, to practise on the trapeze’; _en_ is redundant, cf. note, p. 3 l. 31.

8. suicidé, ‘would-be suicide.’

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2. c’est comme cela! ‘that’s your little game, is it?’

12. en finir, ‘to put an end to himself.’

13. a bien parlé, bien pleuré, bien dégonflé son pauvre cœur malade, ‘has sobbed and told all and unburdened his poor aching heart.’

19. un grand bonheur, ‘a great stroke of luck.’

20. sans attendre tes huit jours, ‘without waiting till your week’s notice is up.’

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4. au fond d’un bon lit, ‘ensconced in a comfortable bed.’

30. J’ai fait ton compte, ‘I have portioned it out for you.’

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2. de côté: see note. p. 11 l. 3.

3. faire un remplaçant, ‘to provide a substitute.’ Formerly recruits were taken by lot from the conscription-list, and anyone who drew a losing number could pay another, who was called a _remplaçant_, to take his place. Under the present law, however, every able-bodied Frenchman must serve as a soldier.

ne tire au sort que dans six ans, ‘has not to draw lots for six years.’

4. d’ici là, ‘before that time.’

8. l’air de cette Bastille ne te vaut rien, ‘the air of this prison is not good for you.’ The Bastille, the famous State prison in Paris, was stormed on July 14, 1789, by the Revolutionists and razed to the ground.

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9. ma place à retenir, ‘my seat to book.’

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