être longtemps k,—to be long in (or sloîv to

dont instead of ' avec laquelle,' because charger takes de ; hence ' de laquelle, ' or, which is quite the same, dont ; see note to p. 7, L 12.

17. lui aider, to liclp lier ; 'aider,' witli direct object (l'aider), to

relieve, to succour.

19. ils me le payeront, word for word — 'they shall pay me it

(for it),' which in English may be rendered by inverting subject and object — / will pay them oui.