85 13 d'en face: 'in front of him'; cf. 90 20.
85 17 jusqu'aux pantoufles: made 'even the slippers' shake; of 81 25.
85 19 Seul: while all trembled, Tartarin 'alone' did not.
86 1 Mahom: the most usual form of the name 'Mohammed' during the Middle Ages; retained, for effect, in the oath par Mahom.--l'échappa belle: 'had a narrow escape'; cf. note to 8 18.
86 3 si ... n'avait envoyé: note the omission of pas after the conjunction si; cf. note to 36 16.
86 7 l'homme à la plaque: 'the man with the badge,' the rural policeman.
86 14 processive: (of procès, 'lawsuit'), 'litigious.'--avocassière: 'pettifogging'; avocat = 'lawyer,' avocasser = 'to practice law' (always in a depreciatory sense, cf. bonasse 3 13).
86 15 la judiciaire ... se tripote: 'the dubious (lit. 'squinting') judicial system which is cooked up', cf. note to 5 23.