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38 31 tron de ler: more properly tron de l'er, a Provençal oath = tonnerre de l'air, 'thunder of the air! A Provençal newspaper with the name Lou Tron de l'Er appeared in Marseilles in 1877-1878. 38 32 longtemps: cf. note to 40 17. en: anticipates des pirates; cf. note to 32 5. 39 4 un brave garçon: cf. note to 3 12. 39 8 tire-vieille: 'man-rope, one of the side ropes on the gangway of a ship.
He surrendered in 1847, was carried to France as a prisoner by a breach of faith, was released in 1852 on his oath to make no more trouble, went to Damascus and lived there till his death in 1883, using his influence in favor of the French. 50 19 de toute la route: 'during the whole ride, 'all the way.
86 1 Mahom: the most usual form of the name 'Mohammed' during the Middle Ages; retained, for effect, in the oath par Mahom. l'échappa belle: 'had a narrow escape'; cf. note to 8 18. 86 3 si ... n'avait envoyé: note the omission of pas after the conjunction si; cf. note to 36 16. 86 7 l'homme
1 12: coquin de sort: a characteristic Southern oath, lit. For the construction cf. coquin de lièvre 4 24, diable d'homme 9 3. Engl. "rascal of a man," Latin scelus viri; "the city New York," "the city of New York." 1 17: rien que: 'nothing but'; i.e. il n'y avait rien que.
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