4. je finis par ne plus m'occuper d'eux, 'after a time I no longer troubled about them'; cf. note, p. 14 l. 29.
12. les enfants auraient . ., que je ne m'en fusse pas aperçu, 'if the boys had . . I should not have noticed.'
18. tu ne te doutais pas, hein? 'you had no idea, eh?'
24. M. le curé de Saint-Nizier, 'the vicar of Saint Nizier.' Note _curé_='parson,' i.e. either the 'vicar' or 'rector' of a parish, but _vicaire_='curate.'
27. mémoires: note _le mémoire_, 'memoir,' 'memorandum'; _la mémoire_, 'memory.'
30. tout compte fait, 'after reckoning everything up.'
1. sur mes économies, 'out of my savings.'
3. la jolie ville que ce Paris! see note, p. 4 l. 31.
9. j'en étais là, de la lettre, 'I had just come to that part of the letter.'
10. sourd: lit. 'deaf.' The word is often applied to sounds which are indistinctly heard. Trans. 'dull.'
12. à tue-tête, 'at the top of their voices.'
14. sous-préfet, 'sub-prefect.' At the head of each _département_ there is a _Préfet_ who represents the _Ministre de l'intérieur_ (Home Secretary). Under him are _Sous-Préfets_, who are responsible in each _arrondissement_ to the _Préfet_ for the maintenance of law and order.
17. pour le quart d'heure: see note, p. 30 l. 29.
18. ce qui me tenait à c[oe]ur, 'what I cared for.'
21. se culbutaient, 'jostled one another.'
30. encore: idiomatic, 'too,' or 'at that.'
10. Quartier Latin: a quarter of Paris, on the left bank of the Seine, where the University is situated.
_il me tarde de vous voir_, 'I am longing to see you.' _il ne tardera pas à venir_, 'he will not be long in coming.
_il est fou_, 'he is mad.' _c'est un sot, une bête, un imbécile_, 'he is a fool.'
9. c'est donc Monsieur, 'so it is you, sir, is it?'
19. de quoi il s'agissait, 'what he was driving at.'
28. sûr la tablette: note the preposition. The French look at the object _before_, the English _after_ it has been removed.
1. je ne voulais pas répondre, 'I was determined not to reply.'
15. d'un trait, lit. 'at a stretch,' i.e. 'without stopping.'
8. me serrant les poignets à les briser: see note, p. 70 l. 11.
9. je ne vous dis que ça, 'that is all I have to say.'
2. j'étais au service, 'I was in the army.' _Être au service_ is used only of military service. Distinguish from _être de service_, 'to be on duty,' 'be in attendance'; _se mettre en service_, 'to go into service.'