à mesure, as she read
Page 49. — I. L'Intelligence, de Taine.HippolyteTaine (1828- ^893) was an eminent French critic, philosopher, and historian. His great work, V Intelligence ^ which appeared in 1870, endeavors to make of psychology an exact science.
Page 50. — I . n y a longtemi» que je te connais, I have known you for a long time,
2. dis-moi un peu pourquoi tu t'es si fort yrtaaé^just tell me why you were in such a hurry,
TAge 51* — I. et encore quand il s'agit de cotillons, and especially when it is a question of women; lit. "skirts."
Page 52« — i. Elle tire pas mal le pistolet, she is a pretty good
shot with a pistol,
2. Baden-Baden: a resort in the foothills of the Black Forest, Germany. Its mild climate, beautiful scenery, and mineral waters attract annually about forty thousand visitors.
3. Blondin : a famous acrobat who repeatedly crossed the Niagara gorge on a tight-rope.