par malheur = malheureusement, unfortunatcly

avait la barbe bleue, word for word — hncl thr hcnrd Une, wliich i.s thu peculiar expression in Freucli when tlie object of the verb avoir, to hâve, dénotes part of the body ; thus, for instance— elle a le front haut, shc has a Jiigh forehcad, or, lier forchcad is li'ujh.

5, cela, that or this, démonstrative pronoun ; used when speak-

ing of somdhing mentioned before, or something jjointcd at.

il n'était ni . . . ni . . ., this is a négative form of il était;

• — tlicrc loas neithcr . . . nor . . .

6. qui, followed by ne, often answers to the English but ( = ivho did not), and re<iuires the following verb in the snbjunctivo ^s'enfuît.

de devant lui, word for yvoxA—from before him. ' Before,' with respect to ' place, ' is devant ; with respect to ' tinie ' or ' order,' avant.