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19. au fond d’un grand fauteuil, ‘comfortably seated in a big arm-chair.’

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26. paillettes, ‘spangles.’

30. en, ‘on account of them.’

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1. confidences: see note, p. 40 l. 24.

13. ou bien encore, ‘or else.’

16. ce n’est que cela? ‘is that all?’

22. de guerre lasse, ‘in utter despair.’

27. quelle est la lettre dont il s’agit, ‘what the letter in question is all about.’

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25. non plus: see note, p. 14 l. 27.

31. pour comble de malheur, ‘to crown his misfortunes.’

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1. la rentrée, ‘the first day of term.’

10. n’a qu’à bien se tenir, ‘must put himself on his best behaviour.’

14. berlines: a ‘berline’ is a large closed carriage of the chariot type, so called from Berlin, where it was first made.

15. manquent à: cf. note, p. 44 l. 16.

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