cabinet, office

Page 64. — 1 . piqué, whose curiosity was now aroused.

Page 65. — 1. à barbe de satin, the lozver part of which zvas made of satin.

2. Sainte-Geneviève, now the " Panthéon," was built under the direction of Soufflot (1713-1780). It has been used in turn as a church and as a burial-place for great men. It is at présent devoted to the latter purpose.

3. Tuileries. The palace of the Tuileries, which was burnt in May, 1871, was begun in 1564 and completed a few years later. It took its name from the fact that it stood on a site where formerly was a tile factory (French, tuilerie).

Page 66. — 1. vous n'aurez qu'à me faire parler, you will only hâve to let nie knozv.

Page 68. — 1. Tu fais de la gentilhommerie, youplay the gentleman. 2. cassation, dégradation (the ioss of one's grade in the army).

Page 69. — i. Personne ne s'était douté, no one had suspeeted. Notice the différence between "douter " and " se douter."

2. la Conciergerie, one of the most famous prisons in Paris, is inclosed in the court-house grounds.

3. la place de la Révolution is now the " place de la Concorde."

Page 70. — 1. fin, death.

2. Capet was the disdainful appellation given by the revolutionists to Louis XVI, being a référence to Hugues Capet, the remotest ancestor of the king, and the first of the Capetian dynasty.

Page 71. — 1. la passerelle, the gangway.

2. pensionnaires, boarding-sehool girls. 3. l'île natale, England.

Page 72. — 1. PEsterel is the name given to that part of the Alps that are in Provence.