[70] Je la trouve à souhait, I like her immensely; she suits me perfectly.
[71] faire la demande en mariage, request her daughter's hand in marriage; in France the formal proposal of marriage is made to the young lady's parent or guardian by some relative or intimate friend of the man.
[72] il faudra que vous me prêtiez, you will have to let me take.
[73] Quand vous voudrez, you may have them whenever you wish.
[74] la moitié du faubourg, i.e., the fashionable society people who were in the habit of attending mass there.
[75] Aussitôt mon départ, as soon as I have left.
[76] flamme, here halo.
[77] corbeille de mariage; according to French custom the groom presents the bride a basket (usually a chest) of such personal effects as here described, with a handsome piece of jewelry crowning the whole.
[78] il n'appartient qu'à moi de lui donner quelque chose, it is my place alone to make her any gift.
[79] pour cinquante mille francs, 50,000 francs' worth.