LE PARRAIN

Is not your servant going to marry a locksmith ?

The retired ironmonger was now living on his income.

Tam not quite satisfied With the way in which they have acted,

They say that most bachelors 89 in for good living.

Though I have never spoken to her, Ï know her very well by sight,

Do not provoke him, he is very quick-tempered,

If you are not too clumsy, he will surely fork out two or three thousand francs.

Your friend-—with whom T am delighted, by the way came to see me this morning.

9. If I had known that, 1 should not have fretted so much. 10, How can you expect that such an offer will be accepted ?. 11. “I thank you for all your kindness, ”—« Oh ! don't mention it.” 12. His mother had scarcely touched him when his eyelids half opened.

13. Those straw-coloured ribbons suit you admirably. 14. It will be a question of about a hundred francs. 15. I wonder what you would ‘do in my place.