ne sert de rien, idioni : does no good. Usually servir à

5. mettant l'épée à la main, draïuing their s'words. Note idiomatic singular : each had one svvord, and used one hand.

6. lui passèrent, etc. : idiom, their sivords throi4gh his body. Note subj. idiom, avant tjiiil pût.

Page 10. — I. Il se trouva, impers, idiom: it so happened, etc.

2. acheter des charges, etc., to bny captains' commissions for {à = pour) ; a custom of the author's time, which is more than once mentioned in thèse stories.

3. Note the différence betwcen marier and se marier ; also the idiom lui fit oublier, the direct object following.

In this story, justice is more tempered with mercy than in the preceding: the wife fares better than the little girl ! But it must be remembered that Bluebeard is punished, while the wolf escapes.

(Puss IN Boots.)

Page 11. — I . pour tous biens, for ail goods : as his entire property, only, etc.

2. auraient eu . . . mangé, would hâve had (it) caten up : more rcgularly, auraient mangé, y = au partage. Note the plural vcrli furent.

3. en se mettant ensemble, by combining, with the mill and the ass together.

4. et que, and wheti — qite repeating lorsque — / {shall) hâve niade {for^ niyself; reflex. indirect, il faudra que, I musi : shall hâve to. Note subj. idiom. See 7, 4.

5. semblant, part, as noun : inake no seeming of it : pretended not to do so ; en as 9, 3, and frequently.