III.— LA BELLE AU BOIS DORMANT— THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD

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11. 1. il y avait, imperf. indicat. of the impersonal il y a, ihere is.

2. fâchés de ; most verbs and adjectivos whidi dénote a feel-

iiig, siKdi asj'uij, sorroïc (as Imie), /mr, anijcr, shame, and tli(ï like, take de before their complément. Notice that fâché de means sorry for, and fâché contre, uivjry with.

3. saurait, coiiditional près, of savoir, is often used in the

seiise of pouvoir, can.

les eaux, hère, watering-places, batlis.

4. vœux, pèlerinages, without article, as usual in mentioning

several nouns in succession. It was once, and in many religions communities still is, the gênerai enstom to make voîos and pUgrimages as acts of religions dévotion.

fut mis, preterite passive of mettre, to piU ; mettre tout en œuvre, freely — to Icave no stone unturned.

rien n'y faisait (pronounce = fesait), ' faire ' lias hère the force of to take effect.

6. baptême ; in 'baptême' and ail kindred words, as 'baptiser, baptiste,' etc., the p is not pronounced.

on donna pour marraines . . . toutes les fées ... ; the construction is plain enough, but would hardly do in English ; we might render it by — ail thc/airics . . . uxre invited to stand godmothcrs to . . .

8. il s'en trouva sept, see note to p. 2, 1. 11, and translate

areordingly.