Endnotes

  1. A quotation from the Aeneid signifying a threat.

  2. Latin: “I am ridiculous.”

  3. A devotion said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell. Here, the evening prayer.

  4. In place of a parent.

  5. A mixture of coffee and spirits.

  6. Used the familiar form of address.

  7. With almond milk.

  8. The panonceaux that have to be hung over the doors of notaries.

  9. Black currant liqueur.

  10. On the straight and narrow path.

  11. Upon my word!

  12. A loving heart.

  13. Offhandedly.

  14. It corrects customs through laughter.

  15. Oh beautiful angel, my Lucie.

  16. The worker lives by working, do what he will.

  17. Manservant.

  18. In rum.

  19. People dressed as longshoremen.

  20. Psalm CXXX.

  21. Rest traveler.

  22. Tread upon a loving wife.