Meamvhile {en attendant) invite your friends ; take them

to the country if you like ; amuse yourselves ; and, above ail (surtout), keep [a] good table !

ïY.—(p.2, l. 18, top. 3, /. 2).

1. " Hère are ail the keys of the house," said Blue Beard [on]

the day of his clejxirticre (départ, m.).

2. " What key is this 1 "— " That is the key of the store-room."

3. " And what keys are those 1 " — " Thèse are the keys of my

strong boxes and caskets in which my plate, my gold, my silver, and my jewels are [kept] ; and that is the skeleton key."

4. " But where is the key of that little closet youder which you

always keep so carefully loched (fermé à clef) ? " —