j'allais, I was about to

bel ouvrage, liere, a nicejnh!

28. à ses sept filles ; put this in the possessive case ; the construction is the same as in 1. 20, ' lui tâtait la tête ' ; supposing 'sept filles' were represented by a pers. pron., the sentence wonld run — levu: coupa la gorge.

30. entendit ronfler l'ogre ; notice the place of the object ; in Englisli we place the object between tlie first and second verb.