to see the lovely equestrian Madame Richard? Barty adores
pretty women, like his uncle! Don't you adore pretty women,
you naughty little Barty? and you have never seen Madame
Richard. You'll tell me what you think of her; and you, my
friend, do you also adore pretty women?"
89, 5. "_O oui, allons voir Madame Richard_"--"Oh yes! let us go
and see Madame Richard."
89, 9. _la haute ecole_--the high-school (of horsemanship).
89, 14. _Cafe des Aveugles_--Cafe of the Blind.
90, 4. "_Qu'est-ce que vous avez donc, tous?_"--"What's the matter
with you all?"
90, 5. "_Le Pere Brassard est mort!_"--"Father Brossard is dead!"
90, 10. "_Il est tombe du haut mal_"--"He died of the falling
sickness."
90, 13. _desoeuvrement_--idleness.
91, 8. _de service as maitre d'etudes_--on duty as study-master.
93, 27. "_Dites donc, vous autres_"--"Say now, you others."
93, 29. _panem et circenses_--bread and games.
94, 19. "_Allez donc ... a La Salle Valentino_"--"Go it,
godems--this is not a quadrille! We're not at Valentino
Hall!"
95, 1. "_Messieurs ... est sauf_"--"Gentlemen, blood has flown;
Britannic honor is safe."
95, 3. "_J'ai joliment faim!_"--"I'm mighty hungry!"
96, 1. "_Que ne puis-je aller_," etc.
"Why can I not go where the roses go,
And not await
The heartbreaking regrets which the end of things
Keeps for us here?"
96, 8. "_Le Manuel du Baccalaureat_"--"The Baccalaureat's Manual."
96, 24. _un prevot_--a fencing-master's assistant.
97, 5. _rez-de-chaussee_--ground floor.
97, 9. "_La pluie de Perles_"--"The Shower of Pearls."
97, 12. _quart d'heure_--quarter of an hour.
97, 17. _au petit bonheur_--come what may.
97, 26. _vieux loup de mer_--old sea-wolf.
98, 2. _Mon Colonel_--My Colonel.
98, 6. _endimanche_--Sundayfied (dressed up).
99, 11. _chefs-d'oeuvre_--masterpieces.
99, 24. _chanson_--song.
99, 27. "_C'etait un Capucin_," etc.
"It was a Capuchin, oh yes, a Capuchin father,
Who confessed three girls--
Itou, itou, itou, la la la!
Who confessed three girls
At the bottom of his garden--
Oh yes--
At the bottom of his garden!
He said to the youngest--
Itou, itou, itou, la la la!
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