un plaidoyer des plus pathétiques, cf. page 18, note

Page 28.—1. se porte a merveille, 7s 77 excellent health. 2. a vue d@eil, viszbly.

Page 29—1. qu’on le fasse chercher, have him hunted up.

2. s’il fallait s’en rapporter aux paroles, zf one were to depend on che words.

3. ait should be ez (after a past tense), but the boy carries in mind the words of Lustucru, page 27, line 32.

Page 30.—1. allez, let me tell you.

2. si madame la comtesse voulait avoir de ses nouvelles, zf your ladyship would like to have news of him; notice the use of the possessive pronoun, where we use the personal. Cf. @ sa vue, “at the sight of him.”