[ 3.] il lui faisait claquer la patte, he cracked (the bones in) his paw.
Page 62.
[ 1.] qu'il fallut entendre, that you ought to have heard.
[ 2.] au coin de, from behind.
[ 3.] marquerez, future for imperative; "mark," i.e. put down; he has an account.
Page 63.
[ 1.] Postthâl, Post Valley; probably the place where the stage company's barns were.
Page 66.
[ 1.] n'a pas donné, did not take part in the battle.
[ 2.] Vous ne m'en diriez pas plus, que je serais déjà trop heureuse, tell me no more about it, I am too happy already.
[ 3.] pas de charge, quick step.
[ 4.] Landau, the French were determined to raise the siege of Landau, and thus free their beleaguered comrades.
Page 67.
[ 1.] blessé d'un coup de feu, suffering from a gunshot wound.