de quoi, the wherewithal to 6. s’empécher de, keep from

2. faire peur a, frighten 7. s’embarrasser de, be both- 3. faire attention a, pay al- ered with tention to Siu hantide ye eisealy 4. de fagon a, so as to g. sintéresser a, fake an in- 5. se moquer de, make fun of terest in C. THEME

1. Carmen, who knew Basque fairly well, had no trouble in telling that José was from the Provinces. 2. “If you fell,” she said in Basque, “these two Spaniards could not hold me.” 3. Suddenly she began to run, and José after her. 4. Soon the soldiers were stopped and the prisoner disappeared. 5. They returned without a receipt from the warden of the prison, and said that Carmen had spoken Basque to José. 6. The latter was sent to prison for a month. 7. One day the jailer gave himaroll. 8. When hetried to cut it, he found a file and a gold piece. 9. They were presents from Carmen, who took an interest in him and wished to spare him three weeks’ imprisonment.