CHAPITRE V

14 Pour acheter, etc., becanse one buys. A not nnfreqnent signification of pour. Cf. Molière's ** Tartuffe," Act III, Scène III. Tart. : Ah t pour être dévot, je n'en suis pas moins homme !

14 // n^en résulte pas nécessairement, it does not of necessitj follow.

18 Chez, amongst;; lit. ftt the honse of. From Latin and Italian casa. Chez can only be used mth persons, never with places.

18 Ce n'était pas, he was not. Ce may be osed for he, she, it, or they, when there is a noon substantive expressed or implied in the predlcate. Ce is followed by the indefinite article, whereas il îs not so, as, c^est un Américain, or il est Américain, he is an Ainerioan.

SI A\:oir descendu. When descendre is used as an active transitive verb it is conjugated with avoir; when intransîtive, with être, as : je suis descendu, I came down ; J*ai descendu V escalier quatre à quatre, I came down the staircase four steps at a timc, i.e., in haste.

25 Genêts, broom. Lat. genista. Planta gmista is the origin of the English name Plantagecet.

SS, 1 ye n'y pensais plus. For penser followed by the datîve case see note on page 10, line 6.

1 D^ailleurs, besides, not to be confonnded with ailleurs, elsewhere; they are both derived from Latin aliorsum.

8 A barbe blanche, with a white beard.

11 Aux sommets stériles, with bare tops.

12 ye m* étais fait. For être as auxiliary to reflective verbf

see note on page 19, line 31.

22 Tantôt.. .tantôt, at one time, at another tîme.

25 // n^en était pas de même pour moi, it was not the same

with me.

26 Trouble. See note on page 8, line 28.

17 M^ avait mis à bout de forces, had quite done for me. 82 y*achèterai. For the accent see note on page 6, line 2(1

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