aubergiste. See note to p

— . à Vautre bout. When a thing has two ends, translate «end* by bout; when a thing has a beginning and an end, translate « end ' by fin. Thus, la fin de Vannée, de la vie, d'un livre ; le bout d'une plume, de la langue. One might;say : je vous suivrai jusqu'au bout du monde; but la fin du monde is the Last Day.

25. le verger en pente douce. Cf., with this use of the préposition en, its use in, e.g., une table en marbre. Renderby *the gently sloping orchard,' lit. *an orchard consisting of a gentle slope.'

30. du régiment de Boccart. A common, now autiquaied, praotice waa to naine régiments after their colonels.

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5. en parlant latin. A phrase used on the continent for talking things above the compréhension of the audience.

— . en Vair. Cf. en l'honneur. The definite article is usually omitted after en, because en tells vaguely what dans tells precisely.

10. se renversaient de joie. This is literary French. The corresponding English 'lay down and rolled with delight' is vulgar. Other phrases are, se tordaient de rire, pouffaient de rire.

26. ce beau monde. Monde is used collectively for 'people,' 'society.* Cf. le grand monde. To the phrase in the text corresponds our modem ' smart people.'

28. se souhaitait. The direct objective is the sentence d'être, etc., the indirect se. Se is therefore dative.

29. un petit quart d'heure. Kender by ' just for fîve minutes.' Un mauvais quart d'heure is said colloquially of something terrible, generally of short, but sometimes of long duration, e.g. a vivâ voce examination.

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13. jusqu'au compagnon. Compagnon hère means a ' journeyman,' one who has served his apprenticeship and works ior a master. See les maîtrises, p. 26, 1. 19, and note.

18. d'être assis . . . de manger . . . d'avoir. Subject infinitives can either be used without a préposition or with de.

20. soupe a la farine. Cf. soupe a l'oignon, soupe aux, choux, omelette au lard. In such cases à with the dehnite article shows that the second thing is contained in the first.

21. du bon pain de seigle. The added qualification de seigle removes the emphasis from the adjective; the adjective then coalesces with the noun, and as a compound noun requires the partitive article. Cf. de bon papier with du bon papier a lettre. Cf. also des petits pois, des petits pâtés.

26. on est bien. From this use of bien cornes the compound noun bien-être, 'comfort.' Other idioms of être bien are: (1) être bien avec quelqu'un, « to be on good terms with somebody ; ' (2) * to be good-looking.'