[60] chartreux; the Carthusian discipline is noted for its austerity. The order was founded by St. Bruno, in 1084, in the Grande Chartreuse, a wild mountain group near Grenoble. The members are forbidden to beg, and earn their living by hard work, their chief product being the famous liqueur.
[61] fait de construire, finished putting together.
[62] aura, must have; the future is used to express the idea of necessity.
[63] refit de l'encre de Chine; the best drawing-ink comes in brownish-black sticks which have to be rubbed in water to produce the ink; as the latter dries quickly it is necessary to renew it very often.
[64] Chat botté, "Puss in Boots," and la Belle au Bois dormant, "Sleeping Beauty in the Woods," two well-known fairy tales by Charles Perrault (1628-1703).
[65] De guerre las, tired of the struggle.
[66] livre d'or, "The Golden Book," il libro d'oro, was primarily the roll of its noble families kept by each of the Italian republics in the Middle Ages; the meaning has been extended to include any list of persons of high rank.
[67] mon oncle à la mode de Bretagne, a first cousin of my father (or mother).
[68] verrons à le faire chasser, will see about having him dismissed.
[69] la retraite is the military call for retreat, i.e., the retirement of soldiers into their barracks at night.