sans qu'ils, ivithout their seeing us. Note the idioms

Page 27. — i. avait beau, idiom; as 6, 5. j—à le faire: the act referred to.

2. ce lui serait, lohat a grief il ivould be to her ; ce, not //, because the noun douleur is predicate.

3. d'affaires, on business. The verb ouïr — entendre, is now rare. So, 1. 14, emplit is now usually remplit.

4. de bon matin; also, de grand matin : early in the morning.

5. par où, by ivhat means, how ; où for interrog. pron. See 14, 5.

Page 28. — i. devait il y avait longtemps, had owed thetn for a long tivie. Note the idiom. Also, below, 1. u, and compare 21, 5.

2. qu'il n'en fallait, thati was tteeded; ne idiomatic, unless foregoing clause is négative, en as 26, i, etc.

3. les as voulu perdre, as frequently, for as voulu les perdre. .See 26, 7.