qu'elle l'avait bien dit, phrase : had told kini so

5. ce n'est pas qu'il ne fût, idiom: not that he wis not, etc. The subj. fût, as 23, 2. c'est que—ihe fact is that, etc. lui rompait la tête, phrase : -worried lum to death.

6. qui ont toujours bien dit. The meaning is, ivlio are always saying.

" / tohî you so." There is a play on the word èien hère, and in the phrase, çni disent bien, 1. 28, meaning, simply, ivho speak ivell, which cannot be expressed in translation.

Page 29. — i. comme te voilà . . . viens que, etc., idioms: see how Hi-ty you are ; corne (and) let me, etc. Pierrot is dimin. oî Pierre = Fête.

2. manquer le coup; properly, to miss one's aim (blow) : in order not to fail this lime. Note double gender of gens, 1. 16.

3. fit son compte; we say, " calculated." Note subj.y«jjf«^ after négative (unreal), as heretofore. sortir d'affaire, phrase: to get out of the scrape. Note, 1. 16, the double gender o( gens.

4. fermée à double tour; lit. with double turn of the key : double locked. For en venir à bout, see 6, 4.

5. leur ayant donné à chacun; leur is strictly redundant, but such fornis are quite fréquent : see 19, 7. English : having given them each. que faire, tvhat to do.

6. se servir de ; lit. serve himself with : make use of. Compare servir de, servir à, and note 9, 4.

Page 30. — I. croyait retrouver, thought to recover; i.e. that he coiild recover ; a usual idiom, as 6, I. faux-fuyant; lit. secret escape, a bypath.

2. qui avaient, English : and had, etc. The relat. connection is more freely used in French.