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Many Biskrans settle in the coast cities, especially Algiers, where they obtain employment as porters; hence, biskri = 'porter. The Arabic suffix -i corresponds to the English -an or -ite. 88 22 la patience lui échappa: 'he lost all patience'; cf. note to 4 24. 89 2 Le jour tombait: we say 'night was falling'; cf. la nuit tombait. 44 16, and
They could earn scarcely enough to satisfy their most pressing needs, but both were happy, since they were in Paris. Before Alphonse's arrival Ernest had secured regular employment on a newspaper. Alphonse was longing for recognition as a poet, but to earn his living he was forced to turn to prose. His contributions to Le Figaro and other newspapers soon made him known.
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