loge, ‘box* (theatre

21. le 15. N.B. — Cardinal numbers, not ordinal, for dates, chapters, names of kings (except ‘ the first,* le premier *), etc.

22. quittances de loyer, ‘ rent receipts.’ Chameroy had invested largely in house property.

24. Je soussigné. N.B. — Conjunctive proiioun, not disjunctive,

as demanded by modem usage, when the pronoun is separated from its verb. In Old French (before the fifteenth century) the distinction had not arisen ; oue said je qui lis, tu qui chantes, etc. Je soussigné is the only surviving instance.

26. 2l propos, ‘ by the way.* The phrase is often used like an adjective in the sense of ‘ apt,* ‘ to the point.* A propos de, ‘ with regard to.*

— . ton second, vîz. étage. See note, p. 8, 1. 6.

28. Sans préjudice, etc. Part of the formula for rent receipts.

81. Par exemple is often colloquially used as an exclamation expressing surprise or unbelief. Say ‘ Upon my word 1 *

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2. de tout imprimées, ‘ail ready printed.* Tout is an adverb here, ‘ quite ready.* Imprimées agréés with the pronoun en, which stands for quittances.

La Œgaïe chez les Fourmis.

8. cents. N. B. — Cent and vingt take an s when multiplied by anotlier number, but only when no number follows tbem ; therefore trois mille deux cents here, but trois cent trente, etc. Mille ne ver takes s.

— . plus les portes et fenêtres, ‘ besides the door and window tax/ a municipal tax in Paris.