sans être annoncée, srbidden

3- On fera . .. la Nielle et moi— Za Näelle et moi, nous ferons de notre mieux.

Page 8.—1. Cela fit... , Æe became a good soldier and la Nielle a good charger. |

2. astiqué comme pas un, “the nattiest in the whole command.” Trumpeter Fred, by Captain Charles King, U.S. A.

Page 9.—1. attaquer un royaume. The allusion is too vague to allow the reader to find out which kingdom was to be attacked. Further on, page 9, line 21, the nurse who tells the story confesses that she does not even know the name of the place where the battle was fought.

2. Distinguish e#f from eut. Et in a principal clause and sometimes in a dependent clause — aurait, A few examples are found in this book. — On eût dit des taillis . . . , /4ey looked like coppices ... (on account of the lances they bore). A probable reminiscence of Macbeth (Act V, Scene 5).

3- Elle ne faisait que traverser, :7 /asted only a short time.

4. Mes enfants. Bonne Perrette, the nurse of René Bazin, his brother and sisters, is telling them the story.