CHAPITRE X
111, 19 La franchirait, would pass its threshold.
20 Poussa, nttered.
lia, 1 Depuis aue je me rendais, etc., eyer since I had uidM>> stooa.
2 Mépris, contempt. A sabstantive formed from the verb mépriser, from mes, with an idea of detraction, and priser, to esteem. Méprise, féminine, is **a busiake," from méprendre.
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XXZ, 18 En dehors du travail, in ail êzoepting his work.
28 Sis frais de voyage, his traveUing expenses. XX9f 2 De se rendre à, to comply with.
f La gare, the station. Gare properly means a place OB a river in which boats are Bheltered, ^ence, by extension, a place for depositîng goods on a raîlway, thence the station. It is derived from an Old German word waron, to protect (Littré).
• Ils se doutaient, snspected. Note the difiFerence of the meanings of douter and se douter. The former means to donbt any fact, the latter to hâve an idea that it will happen.
17 En laisse, in leash, tied to a string.
20 Avertirent, wamed me. Avertir is from Latin ad and
verto, to tom the attention towards.
21 Flairé, scented.
81 Serra, daaped me, held me tight. Serrer is from Latin
sera, a boit.
88 Buon dl I povero earo t (Italian patois) welcome ! poor dearUttlefellowl W^ 8 Cela nC attendrit, that went to my heart. H Se serre vite, is easily touched.
6 Vieilli, grown old.
7 S*êtait voûtée, had become bent.
11 Cela va aller mieux maintenant, 1 shall be better now. 16 Connue. For rule of agreement of past part, see note on page 84, Une 29.
20 D*autant plus long que, ail the longer becansa.
21 Aborder, to open.
27 D^ailUurs. See note on page 88, Une 1.
29 Avait dû, mnst hâve.
%%%, 7 D^un geste, with a gestnre.
18 Que j* assistasse, that I should be présent. Note séquence
of tenses, the past subjonctive after a past indicative
in the first clause.
^ Lui, i,e. to the question, lô Va faire tes adieux, go and bid good bye.
22 Penchée, leaning. From a Low Latin form of fendere^
to hang, pendicare, X1>%, 12 Si doux, si aimable que paraisse, etc., however gentlt and amiable this chila seems to be.
18 Loué, hired him out.
22 y# m^entendrai avec eux, and I will arrange matteri
with them.
27 3« vous en prie, n*esi ce pas, you wonH do it, if I ask yoQ notto, will you?
XX7, 2 A plusieurs reprises, several tîmes.
4 M^arrachant â, tcaring mjself from.
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117, 4 ÉirtlnU, embraoê. From Latin itringert^ to hold fast.
11 Entrecoupie, intermingled. See note on p. 108, Une 8.
89 AffoUr,iohe alarmed. AffoUr, from à anàfou, properly means to render maid, and is generally used witn amour. Cette femme Va affolé^ that woman madê him madly in love with her.
