19 27 se trouva: 'was', cf. note to 13 22.
20 7 perruque: 'wig,' here applied to the lion's mane (crinière, 1 16).
20 10 soit que ... soit que: 'either because ('be it that') or because'--donne de l'humeur. 'made ill-tempered' Humeur usually means 'ill humor' in French.
20 13 en leur bâillant an nez à tous: cf. note to 12 25 A tous is in apposition with leur, hence the dative case, cf. 17 1-2. When tous is a pronoun the s is sounded, cf.below, 1 19.
20 26 Ça, oui, c'est une chasse: 'that, now, that's a hunt worth while!'
21 10-12 Et autrement ... au moins: 'I say, you surely have heard the news--That depends What is it? Tartarin's departure, perhaps?' Et autrement and au moins cannot be translated literally See the paragraph following in the text.