si j’étais . . . , I wish I were

Page 32. — 18. j’étais tout près d’en faire, I was on the point of doing them.

20. ce ne seraient pas ces deux conscrits de Castillans qui . . . ,

these two Castilian conscripts wouldn’t he men enough to . . .

23. m’amie, sometimes written mamie or ma mie, is now antiquated; the use of m’ for ma before feminine words beginning with a vowel was common in Old French.

32. vites. Gipsies are so famous for their fleetness of foot that it has been said only a horseman could overtake one fleeing from justice.

Page 33. — 1. lance. “ Toute la cavalerie espagnole est armée de lances.” (Author’ s Note.)