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[57] 24. demoiselle de comptoir: cashier.

POUR LE RUBAN.

[60]. Pour le ruban: the ribbon worn in the buttonhole, which shows its wearer to be a member of the Legion of Honor.

[60] 8. émarger: to receive money from the government.

[60] 16. instrus: (intrus) an intruder.

[62] 23. moellon: a rough stone.

[62] 29. d'antan: (d'autre fois) in former times.

[63] 4. périgourdin: of Périgord, the old name of a locality in France, near Bordeaux.

[63] 14-15. Ponson du Terrail: a cheap author of penny dreadfuls and serial stories, many of which deal with antiquity and use the antiquated language of the following lines.

[64] 5. hobereaux: country squires.