PB. 15—19] NOTES

5. Mais d’ot diable sort-il? dat where in the dickens does he come from ?

6. Que timporte ? what does it matter to you? The subject is omitted; the sentence, if completed, would be: Que ?importe-t-il ?

7. le plus de souris possible, lit. “the most mice possible,” i. e. as many mice as possible ; possible takes no s, as it agrees with le plus and not with souris.