s use of _ce_ It is used deferentially, especially by
servants _Madame prie ces messieurs de l'attendre_ 'Mrs X will see you in
a moment, cf._6_ 3, _53_ 7.

_16_ 19 en arrivait a dire redundant _en_ (cf. note to _8_ 19), 'came to
the point of saying'.

_16_ 26 il devait bien savoir 'he must have known perfectly well'.

_16_ 29 s'entendre 'come to an understanding', lit 'hear each other',
'understand each other' cf. notes to _2_ 3, _7_ 2.

_16_ 32 _Toulouse_ an important city in southwestern France.

_17_ 1 _son mensonge a lui_ _a lui_ repeats the idea expressed by _son_,
thus emphasizing it, cf._20_ 13.

_17_ 4 allez-vous-en dans le Midi 'go (away) into the South' The force
of _s'en_ in _s'en aller_ is sometimes vague, and in colloquial speech
_s'en aller_ often is almost equivalent to the simple aller, e g _je m'en
vais vous dire_ 'I am going to tell you', cf._55_ 10, _63_ 22, _2_ 8, _53_
11.

_17_ 8 _butte Montmartre_ a hill (_butte_) in Paris.

_17_ 9 _Maison carree_ ('Square House') de Nimes one of the most beautiful
Roman remains in France It was a Roman temple and is very small a mere
nothing in comparison with Notre Dame--_bijou d'etagere_ 'cabinet gem' The
_etagere_ is used for displaying small articles of value, see "etagere"
and "whatnot" in Engl. Dict.

_17_ 10 _Notre-Dame_ the celebrated cathedral in Paris.

_17_ 14 _Tout au plus une sous-prefecture_ 'at the very most a
subprefecture' Arles (cf._29_ 11) with a population of 29,000, is an
example of a subprefecture Both Athens and Sparta were decidedly larger
than this, cf. note to _80_ 13 The French _departements_ (compare our
'States') are divided into arrondissements (compare our 'counties') A
prefect (_prefet_) presides over a _departement_, and a subprefect (_sous
prefet_) over an _arrondissement_ _Sous prefecture_ is synonymous with
arrondissement, or, as here, is used for the city in which the subprefect
has his offices. An _arrondissement_ is divided into _cantons_ and a
_canton_ into _communes_.

_17_ 16 en cf. note to _8_ 19.

_17_ _chapter heading_ _Atlas:_ a mountain range in northwestern Africa.

_17_ 25 _seculaire:_ 'lasting for centuries'(Lat _saeculum_), 'everlasting'
not 'secular' See Engl. dict.

_18_ 2 _devait:_ 'was to', cf._26_ 9, _32_ 10, _39_ 26 See note to _2_ 10.

_18_ 4 _etait en train de demontrer:_ 'was in the act of demonstrating';
Transl. simply 'was demonstrating'--_amateur_ 'admirer,' 'lover' The
distinction