62 31 leur ... et: 'their white housetop which', lit. 'their terrace ... which acted as roof to the house and' Terrasse is any artificial level place for spending time outdoors, whether a terrace or a flat roof such as characterizes Oriental architecture, cf. the less familiar meanings of terrace in English.
63 1 en s'échelonnant: 'in tiers', cf. 4 13.
63 4 s'égrenait ... ciel: 'was diffused gently note by note through the sky.' Égrener = 'to strip' grain from the head, grapes from the bunch--minaret: the tower of a mosque. See next note.
63 5 muezzin: an officer of a Mohammedan mosque who calls the faithful to prayer by crying from the top of the minaret. Since the minaret is high and from the top the muezzin has a view of the roofs of the houses where the Mohammedan women spend a great deal of the time, blind men are sought for this office--découpant ... dans: 'his white shadow standing out against.'
63 6 chantant la gloire d'Allah: cf. note to 92 1.
63 12 une sainte Thérèse d'Orient: 'an oriental St Theresa' St-Theresa (1515-1582) was one of Spain's greatest mystic poets.
63 chapter heading On ... Tarascon. 'our Tarascon correspondent writes us.'
63 17 Par: cf. note to 10 22.