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comme te voilà grandi ! how you have grown

Page 75. — 16. il a pris par ce sentier, he took this path.

Page 76. — 4. il ne tient qu’à moi de te faire changer de note,

I can make you change your tune if I want to.

Page 77. — 8. tu joues un vilain jeu, you are not playing fair.

Page 78. — 8. il n’ose y porter la griffe, he doesn't dare to touch it.

21. d’y lire la foi qu’il devait avoir ... to read in them how much confidence he could have . . .

22. Que je perde mon épaulette, May I lose my rank! An adjutant formerly wore one epaulette on the right shoulder, like a second lieutenant. French officers have now ceased to wear epaulettes.

Page 79. — 13. On ne tarda pas à voir le foin . . . The straw was soon seen to . . .

Page 80. — 2. ferme de Crespoli, imaginary place.

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