60 5 cour intérieure: Oriental houses are built in the form of a hollow square, the house surrounding the courtyard on all sides.
60 9 ne fit que traverser: 'did no more than pass through,' 'merely passed through.'
60 13 sous les ramages ... fleurs: 'under the figures of her flowered dress'--laissant deviner: cf. note to 7 23.
60 14 friande à point: 'dainty to the point of perfection.'
60 15 ronde de partout: 'round all over'--narghile: 'nargile,' a Turkish pipe in which the smoke is drawn through water, a hookah.
60 16 toute: 'entirely.'
60 chapter heading Sidi: among the Mohammedans a title of respect, when addressed to a foreigner, about equivalent to Mr--ben: Arabic, 'son of' 'Tartarin son of Tartarin.'
60 24 à la veillée: 'at the gossiping hour' Veillée = a sitting up at night for work or pleasure, especially to tell stories.
60 28 voici ... déjà: 'already several years ago,' 'several years have already passed since then.'