CHAPITRE IV
90, 4 Plus d'une -fois. For plus foUowed by de, see note Ott
page 3, Une 17.
7 Confusément, For the acoented é, see note on page 5,
Une 29.
7 Nous devions, we were to.
13 De toute la soirée, for the whole evening.
14 Sans que, foUowed by the subjunctive, see note on
page 18, lîne 29 ; and for the verb preceding tha Bubject, see note on page 3, line 3.
20 Rôdant, prowUng about. From Latin rotare, to wheel.
25 La veille, the day or evening before. From Latin " vîgilia/* watch. Veiller is properly to sit up by nîght to watch. Our EngUsh word " vigil/' the day preceding a festival, is of the same origin.
29 Sans me rendre compte, etc., etc., wîthont being able to foresee ezactly, i.«. wîth no certain knowledge of the danger which threatened me. Compte, aocount, ia from Latin computare»
SI, 1 D^un air peu fait peur me rassurer, with a look Uttio calculated to give me confidence.
S Échapper à, to escape from.
7 D'une voix impatiente, with an impatient voice.
20 Sanglot, sob, Latin singultus,
27 Monsieur ou Vhospice, eîlher you go with thîs gentleman or to the hospital.
sa, 6 En un tour de main, Uterally, with a tom of the hand« ùe, rapidly.
11 Ce que renfermait le mouchoir. For verb preceding tht
snbject, see note on page 3, line 3«
12 // sy trouvait, there were in it«
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9a« 15 Hardis, cloihef. M. Littré snggests that it is a fona ol fardes, from fardeau, a burden ; Old English " £ardel."
16 Guenilles, rags. Etymology doabtfoL
M Les frés. Compare thîs word wîth the preposition/r^9« line 11, page 83. Pris is the plural ot M (Iiatîn pratum), a meadow. Pris is one of the few Irenoh worda with a grave accent on the Is ; près, aprèsp auprès, exprès, words in ces like succès^ &c., AOt prof es, dès, and a few othera.
tS, 13 Sur le mien, by mine.
14 En lacets, in zigzags»
29 Desserra, unclasped. From des and serrer, to hold fast, look np, from Latin sera, a boit.
Sft, 1 Acheva, completed. From à and chef, to bring to ft head, termlnate. Chef is from Latm " caput." 4 // devait, he was to, his duty was to.
10 Coupé de, întersected by.
13 D*autant plusfacile.,.que, ail the more eas7...becaast.
17 Soit..,sott, whether it was...or...
21 Foyer, fire place ; hearth. From h&tSnfocus,
27 La dernière qui restât. Négatives, superlatives and tha
Word *only,* preceding a relative pronoun, require tha verb that followd to be in the subjunctive mood, as: il ny a personne que Je connaisse, there is no one that I know ; la plus belle femme que je connaisse^ the most beautilul woman that I tnow; la seule personne que je connaisse, the only person I know.
29 Connue and prise are both in the féminine in accordanca with the rule that the past participle is to be mada to agrée with the direct object (in French oalled régime direct) if the said object précèdes it.
81 Au tronc crochu, with twisted, gnarled trunk. tSf 1 Canal de dérivation, channel to carry oft the overflow; branch current.
6 Brouette, wheel barrow. From bis, double, and rouettit
little wheel.
7 Niche, recess. Italian nicchia,
16 Coiffe, cap ; any head covering. Engl. : coif.
25 Nous mettons-nous en route ? are we ready for a starl
again?
S0, 5 Sans penser à Capi, 'For penser foUowed by à, see noie on page 10, line 5.
26 // ne lui fallut pas longtemps, he was not long ; literally :
it did not require a long time for him.
28 A demi-voix. See note on page 21, line 1.
83 En marche, on we go I
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l6S NOTES.
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S7, f Dépassé. Observe that the past participle which herê précèdes its object la crête does not agrée with it ia gender. Compare page 84, Une 29.
9 Blsudtre, blneîsh. The affix àtret added to an adjeetivê of colonr, bas the same force as the English termination ish\ blanc ^ blanchâtre ; noir, noirâtre, &^
