14 14 brave homme de corps 'jolly old body'.
14 16 le corps ... pattes Tartarin's Quixotic mind dwelt in the 'fat bellied,' 'short legged' body of a Sancho Panza.
14 19 mauvais ménage faire faire mauvais ménage is said of a husband and wife who do not get along well together.
14 21 Lucien 'Lucian,' the famous Greek satirist of the second century A.D., author of brilliant "Dialogues of the Gods" and "Dialogues of the Dead" --Saint-Évremond (1613-1703) man of the world, Epicurean, skeptic, an unsparing satirist.
14 32 rifles a deux coups = fusils rayés à doubles canons 50 7, 'double barreled rifles'.
15 2 genouillères 'knee caps,' flannel or knitted coverings for the knees, to prevent or ease rheumatism.
15 3 casquettes à oreillettes 'caps with ear laps'.
15 6 sonnant la bonne 'ringing for the maid' Note this use of sonner