[1] Literally, "The bird flies"—a pun on the verb voler, which means both "to fly" and "to steal."

[2] Nickname for Napoleon III.

[3] JevÔdre voir vÔ comment vÔ faites le painture? VelÉ vÔ? Je ÉtÉ trÈs curiÈux.

[4] J'ÊtÊ joujours avec vÔ la mÊme qu-autre fois.

[5] Munich beer—often brewed in France!—which is much affected by the Parisians in summer.

[6] I do not understand.

[7] What does it matter to me?

[8] Not at all.

[9] Hall-porter.

[10] Woman is a perpetual child.

[11] Woman, a sick child and twelve times impure.

[12] Porter who opens the front door, which is common to all the lodgers, and is closed at night.

[13] The old name, still applied locally to a five-franc piece.

[14] Maitre (Master) is the official title of French lawyers.

[15] Frog-island.

[16] A preparation of several kinds of fish, with a sharp sauce.—Translator.

[17] Clochette.

[18] The second person singular is used in French—as in German—amongst relations and intimate friends, and to servants.—Translator.

[19] A youth of extraordinary beauty, page to the Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 117-138), and the object of his extravagant affection. He was drowned in the Nile, whether accidentally, or whether he drowned himself to escape from the life he was leading, is uncertain.—Translator.