rien que, ‘ merely

11. Tu en as pour longtemps, ‘shall you be long over your three houses ? * (viz. writing out ail the receipts for rent).

14. acquises. N.B. — The past participle conjugated with avoir agréés in gender and number with the accusative, if the accusative précédés the past participle. Thus here acquises agréés with les, which stands for maisons.

17. Saint-Quentin. A large manufacturing town in the north of France, on the Somme.