The man with the broken ear

by Edmond About

FINIS.

[NOTES TO THE MAN WITH THE BROKEN EAR.]

[ [1] Note 1, page 69.—Black butterflies, a French expression that we might tastefully substitute for blue devils.

[ [2] Note 2, page 72.—The 15th of August is the Emperor's birthday.

[ [3] Note 3, page 85.—Centigrade, of course.

[ [4] Note 4, page 101.—Fougas' surprise is explained by the well-known fact that Napoleon was obliged to forbid the playing of Partant pour la Syrie in his armies, on account of the homesickness and consequent desertion it occasioned.

[ [5] Note 5, page 118.—Jeu de Paume (tennis-court), is the name given to the meeting of the third-estate (tiers-état) in 1789, from the locality where it took place.

[ [6] Note 6, page 161.—The English used by the two young noblemen is M. About's own. It is certainly such English as Frenchmen would be apt to speak, and it is as fair to attribute that fact to M. About's fine sense of the requirements of the occasion, as to lack of familiarity with our language.

[ [7] Note 7, page 164.—It is not without interest to note that M. About used the English word gentlemen.