VÉdit de Nantes. See note to p

17. je te vois venir—cela ne va pas. Two slang phrases, *I see what you are after — it won't go down ' (Colonial, ' it won't gee ').

24. un verset de V Évangile. Distinguish vers, * verse of poetry,' from verset, * verse of the Bible.'

28. de braves gens. Un homme brave is * a brave man ' ; un brave homme, * an honourable man,' ' a good, fine fellow,' etc. See p. 56, 1. 11, ce brave curé.

30. le dessous des cartes. This metaphor from card-playing — voir , or savoir le dessous des cartes— means to understand the secret of an action. When the cards are on the table, the * face ' is the nnderside, le dessous. Whist-playing English say *see behind your hand.'

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7. tellement je lui trouvais Vair terrible* Lit. ' I found,' i.e. * I thought his look so terrible.'

10. c'était . . . le meilleur des hommes que, etc. This inversion is common in the best writers for the sake of emphasis. Kemember that the real subject, thus placed last, must be preceded by the conjunction que. This use of que is a Gallicism. The correspond, ing English, * ne was the best of inen, (was) the parish priest,' is by no means elegunt.

25. porta la santé. Lit. *carried,' t.«. ' proposed.' Render hère by * drank.'

32. avant la Révolution . . . dans Vignorance. Mirabeau (1749- 1791 ) said, " un peuple instruit est un peuple fort." Within the

last twenty years instruction has been made compulsory in France and England. Previously the poor of Germany, Switzerland, and Scotland were the beat educated poor in Europe. France now has: (1) écoles publiques, which give l'enseignement primaire ; (2) lycées, or collèges (ruaintained by the State), giving renseignement secondaire ; (3) Facultés and Écoles de l'État, giving l'enseignement supérieur. Thèse correspond to : (1) Board Schools, Church Schools, etc.; (2) Graniniar and Publio Schools; (3) Universities and Schools, like Woolwich, Sandhurst, etc. See also note to p. 4, 1. 25.

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18. cuites h Veau. The préposition à has the meaning ' with ' ; e.g. ouvrage fait à l'aiguille. The English hâve oue, the French a hundred ways in which to cook a potato.

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14. terres fortes. Strong lands, 'heavy soils,' difficult to work. Strong lands are generally ' rich/ grasses, opposed to sandy soils, which are maigres, ■ hungry.'

20. des Trois- Évêchés. A district nnder three bishops, whose bishoprics were Toul (now suppressed), Metz, Verdun. The old Duchy of Lorraine comprised : — (1) The Duchy of Lorraine Proper (including three districts, whose chief towns were : (a) Nancy, (6) Sarreguemines, (c) Épinal); (2) the Duchy of Bar (Bar le Duo, Briey) ; (3) The three bishoprics — Le Toulois, Le Pays Messin, Le Verdunoia : chief towna — Toul, Metz, Verdun.

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