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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.
36 18 Imbécile, va!: 'what a fool you are! Va! allez! and allons! For allons! cf. 56 1 Je te l'avais bien dit 'I told you so. 36 19 Eh bien ... l'Afrique!: 'well now, here's your Africa! On té see note to 13 7. La anticipates l'Afrique, cf. 32 5. 36 27 la Mecque: 'Mecca, in Arabia, the birthplace of Mohammed; the Holy City to which every good Mohammedan goes in pilgrimage at least once.
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