ne cessaient, cp. note to p

19-20. l'impatience qu'elle avait ; in French a. relative claiise is very often used where in English a. 2}0ssessive pronoun would be preferred as less cumbrous, as hère — on account of lier impatience.

20. d'aller ouvrir ; in English we generally use and before an

infinitive completing the verbs to go, to corne; so hère — to go and opcn.

21. pressée de; 'de' is very often used in French in the sensé

of the English hy, especially after verbs denoting a feeliwj rather than an action.

sans requires the completing verb in the infinitive^ accordiug to the rule mentioned in note to p. 3, 1. 1.

22. malhonnête, not hère in the literal meaning of dishoncsl,

but uncivil, rude, which is the meaning it lias when placed attributively after the noun ; compare note to p. 2, 1. 10.

24. elle pensa . . . ; ' penser ' followed by an infinitive often has

the force of the adverbs nearly, uxllnigh, as hère- — shc ncarly hroke.

se rompre le cou ; instead of the English ^;05sc.5.ç;'ir pronoun, the French very often use a,personal pronoun placed before the verb followed by the dcfinitc article put before the noun, especially when the latter dénotes part of the body ; so liere — 'she nearly broke lier neck. '