Appendix.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a joke."—(Mark Twain.)
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[ 7. ] Appartement de garçon, "bachelor's quarters," not "waiter's apartment."
[ 12. ] Fors l'honneur, "except honor" (a phrase used by Francis I. of France, when he announced his defeat at Pavia to his mother).
[ 13. ] Gare du Nord, "Great Northern Railway Terminus," in Paris (celebrated for its Cloak Room, where, on his arrival from England, John Bull deposits his baggage of superfluous virtue).
[ 16. ] Très bien, Monsieur, "Very well, sir." (I owe to the reader many apologies for translating such an idiomatic phrase as this.)
[ 19. ] Qui frise ses cheveux et la cinquantaine, literally, "Who curls her hair and fifty summers." (The word friser means both "to curl" and "to border on." I hope the reader will see the joke.)
[ 21. ] Recherché, "refined."