42 1 Gouvernement: the building in which are the offices of the provincial government. Cf. 70 8.
42 4 en avait vu de rudes: 'had had a hard time of it', with rudes supply some such noun as choses, anticipated by en; cf. note to 32 5.
42 14 il se fit servir: cf. note to 7 25.--grande ouverte: 'wide open'; cf. 51 7.
42 15 Crescia: a wine-producing district near Algiers.
42 22 fréter: 'to charter,' a nautical term used here mock-heroically.
42 26 montait d'un bon pied: note the de with expressions of measure, haute de cinq doigts (71 14) 'five fingers high,' il est plus grand (plus âgé) de deux pouces (deux ans) 'he is two inches (two years) taller (older)'; cf. 95 8.
42 28 enfila: enfiler = 'to thread (a needle, pearls, etc.)', then, 'to thread (one's way through arcades, crowded streets, etc).'