Note 5 — DEUXIÈME ÉPISODE
Reading edition · Edition 2
48 6 tarterfle: corruption of German der Teufel 'the devil.' German was the language generally used by the Alsatian peasants before the war, though their sympathies were French (cf. note to 43 7) See "La Dernière Classe" and some of the other stories in "Contes du lundi."