Note 10 — PREMIER ÉPISODE
Reading edition · Edition 2
27 14 s'adresser: cf. note to 5 23--fouchtras transl. rascals'Fouchtra is an inelegant exclamation, originally peculiar to the inhabitants of Auvergne (south central France), hence, used as a noun it means a person from Auvergne Many bootblacks come from Auvergne, so the word is not inappropriately applied to the little Savoyard bootblacks.