ui
bono?_

_74_ 16 _train de derriere:_ 'hind quarters,' _train de devant_ = 'fore
quarters,' of an animal; properly applied only to an animal harnessed to a
vehicle.

_74_ 17 _Qu'est-ce ... plus?_ colloquial construction; transl. 'what under
the sun (_donc_) did they mean by telling me there were none left?'

_74_ 26 _promenaient:_ note the active use of this verb, cf. _monter_ _41_
28.

_74_ 27 _Savoyard ... marmotte:_ the 'marmot' is a rodent inhabiting the
Alps, related to the American woodchuck and prairie dog. Savoyards
traveling through France with marmots remind one of our Italian
organ-grinders with their monkeys. Cf. note to _1_ 8.

_74_ 28 _Le sang ... tour:_ 'the Tarasconian's blood boiled', lit. 'made
only one turn.'

_75_ 2 _Au zouge de paix:_ '(take him) to the justice of the peace' (_juge
de paix_).

_75_ 3 _nuit:_ he was blind.

_75_ 12 _Sitot votre lettre recue:_ 'as soon as I received your letter,' =
_aussitot que votre lettre fut recue._

_75_ 14 _ventre a terre:_ 'at full speed'; so fast that the horses' bodies
(almost) touched the ground.

_75_ 16 _donc:_ render by emphasis on auxiliary: 'what _have_ you done?'

_75_ 18 _Que voulez-vous?_ cf. note to _61_ 4.--_De voir:_ cf. note to
_31_ 20.

_76_ 3 _Ce qui me va:_ 'what suits (pleases) me', cf. _ca vous va-t-il?_
(_91_ 3) 'does that suit you?'--_en matiere de conclusion_ = _en maniere
de conclusion_ 'to bring the affair to a conclusion,' 'by way of
conclusion.'

_76_ 4 n'en deplaise a mons Bombonnel: 'may it not displease Mr.
Bombonnel,' 'with Mr Bombonnel's leave.' _Mons_ (the _o_ is nasalized and
the _s_ is pronounced) is used contemptuously for _Monsieur_.

_76_ 7 _battre la plaine:_ 'beat the plain' (to rouse game); cf. note to
_10_ 5--_Cheliff:_ most important river in Algeria, over 370 miles long.

_76_ 8 _Auriez-vous:_ cf. note to _15_ _chapter heading._

_76_ 24 _tuyas:_ any trees closely related to the arbor-vitae or American
white cedar, here 'sandarac trees.'--_caroubiers:_ cf. note to _33_ 19.

_76_ 27 _Liban:_ 'Lebanon,' in Syria, formerly famous for its cedar
forests with their far-reaching odors and its many streams, see the Song
of Solomon, iv, 8, 11, 15.

_77_ 1 _brodees au fil d'argent:_ 'embroidered with silver thread.'

_77_ 2 _un faux air de:_ cf. note to _56_ 27.

_77_ 12 _tout son monde:_ 'all its servants'; cf. note to _54_ 7.

_77_ 14 _pas n'est besoin:_ for _il n'est pas besoin_ 'there is no need