[13] A well-known restaurant on the banks of the Seine, which is much frequented by the middle classes.—TRANSLATOR.
[14] Romeo and Juliet, Act III, Scene V.
[15] Forage Caps.
[16] Self-constituted volunteers, in the Franco-German war of 1870-71, whom the Germans often made short work of, when caught.—TRANSLATOR.
[17] According to French law, nobody can altogether disinherit a child, and no son or daughter can be "cut off" with a "proverbial shilling."
[18] A dance in Provence in which the dancers form a chain, and the movements are directed by the leader.—TRANSLATOR.
[19] Although, in France, as in Germany, military service is compulsory, men are allowed to serve in both countries as one-year volunteers; they enjoy certain privileges, find their own uniform, &c., and it, of course, entails considerable expense.—TRANSLATOR.
[20] The Cocu Imaginaire (The Imaginary Cuckold), in Molière's play of that name.
[21] The students' quarter in France, where so many of them lead rackety, fast lives.—TRANSLATOR.
[22] In France and Germany, the newly-married couple pay the wedding-calls, which is the direct opposite to our custom.—TRANSLATOR.