sijétais..., I wish I were

Page 32.— 18. j’étais tout prés 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 be 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. enn

Page 33.— 1. lance. “ Toute la cavalerie espagnole est armée de lances.” (Author’s Note.) 2. au moment de la poursuivre, on setting oul in pursuit.

ro. enrevenir, give up the chase and go back.

15. efit terrassé. The subjunctive (II, A, 4) is here used in a subject clause because the verb in the principal clause does not express certainty or probability.

24. bien. Omitin translation. It implies that “I might have been, for Longa...”

28. Tout le temps que tu as servi sans punition, c’est du temps perdu. All the time you served without ever meriting punishment is so much time lost.

Page 34.— 8. cette diable de fille-la. Diable is here treated as feminine because of fille; similarly we find une drdéle de chose, though the feminine forms diablesse and drélesse are used when not followed by another phrase.