The notary's nose;

NOTES.
1 (p. I). The French call a notary Maitre (Master), much
as we call a minor legal functionary "Squire." The French
name is retained for the sake of the local color.
2 (p. 4). L'Ambert-Ambert with the prefix le which, like
the prefix de, is indicative of nobility.
3 (p. 7). About's word.
4 (p. 8). i. e. " subject" to the wishes of some gentleman, or,
perhaps, equivalent to our term "a case," in the sense of "a
hard case." The equivalent of hard case in French is mauvais
sujet-bad subject.
5 (p. 71). The Hotel Dieu (House of God), a leading hospital
in Paris.
6 (p. 72). Operative (Practical) Surgery.
7 (p. 89). A licensed public man-of-all-work, who regularly
waits at the street corners of Paris for odd jobs.
8 (p. 89). Events in the story absolutely require that traces of the
Auvergnese pronunciation should be retained, but the reader who
may be ambitious of attaining that accent in its purity, is cautioned against putting too much faith in these indications.
9 (p. 178). A free paraphrase. The office he held is unknown
in America.