le Guenfol, the name of a neighboring small farm

Pag"e 15. — I. maître Humeau et la compagnie, a common greeting of French country people when meeting a group of persons. Translate : maître Hutnean and ail.

2. du joli blé. The strictly grammatical form is de joli blé.

3. Vous l'avez bien fait . . . Bien hère expresses surprise. Translate: ivhy, didn't you do it . . . ■

Page 16. — I. Q^^\X)yx\.-3 -ça^ss^, that ail of it be thrown a-way.

2. aura faibli. The past future tense is used hère to express probability. Translate: has probably gone doicn. See same case page 17, line 4: il y au7-a eu . . .

Page 17. — I. voilà ce que c'est que ! . . . Freely: thafswhat you get for listening to Ihem.