Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Aeolus/124

Annotations
Pardon, monsieur   (French) Excuse me, sir. Lenehan is noted for his frequent use of French. Joyce's principal model for Lenehan was Michael Hart, a friend's of Joyce's father who died around 1900; Hart too had a habit of speaking French. See 657.20, where Bloom recalls the death of Hart.

anno Domini   (Latin) in the year of our Lord. Lenehan is using the phrase Anno Domini in a Pickwickian sense, meaning years.