24 12 Aussi: cf. note to 5 32.
24 16 que = quand cf. note to 5 1.
24 21 disait: cf. note to 7 26.
24 22 laurier-rose: 'oleander', all parts of this shrub are poisonous.
24 23 pluies de sauterelles: particularly in Africa and Asia migratory locusts collect in countless numbers, forming a cloud so dense as to obscure the sun, and consume every green thing, cf. 81 25 and note to 86 20 See the pages on "Les Sauterelles" in "Lettres de mon moulin," where Daudet describes an invasion of these terrible insects.
24 29 balle explosible: a bullet which explodes on striking an object.
24 30 pfft! the sound of the bullet passing through the air.
25 2 garçonnets: 'urchins,' diminutive of garçon, cf. note to 33 27.