55 30 préince: Tartarin's Southern pronunciation of prince.
56 1 Allons! 'well!' cf. note to 36 18--Partagez-vous... question: the officer in disgust bids the prince and Tartarin to divide between them the twenty francs that are missing and let the matter drop.
56 2 qu'il n'en soit plus question: 'let's have no more talk about it', cf. note to 4 23.
56 6 j'en fais mon affaire: 'I'll attend to this.'
56 12 Barbarin: when this work first appeared in serial form Tartarin was called "Barbarin." The name was changed when Daudet discovered that a family named Barbarin was living at Tarascon. See Introduction. The word tartarin means the sacred or Arabian baboon.
56 13 souffla: 'prompted.' Souffler, 'to blow,' 'to breathe,' in theatrical parlance means 'to prompt.' Le souffleur is 'the prompter.'
56 14 Entre ... mort: 'between us now it's a compact for life and death!'