Summary and Analysis by Chapter

Chapter IX

Hendaye a seacoast town in southwestern France, in that country's Basque region.

Bayonne a city in southwestern France.

Burguete a town in northern Spain, in the foothills of the Pyrenees.

Gare d'Orsay a neoclassical train station, across the Seine from the Louvre and the Tuileries; now a museum of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art.

Comment? (French) Why?

Chablis a dry white Burgundy wine made in or near the town of Chablis, France.

chateau a large country house and estate, especially in France.

Tours a city in west-central France, on the Loire.

Bordeaux a seaport in southwestern France, on the Garonne River.

the Landes a region of southwestern France.

fire-gaps avenues through the woods created by cutting down trees, so as to discourage the spread of forest fires.


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