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Study rules for agreement of past participles and adjectives, and for féminine and plural forms of adjectives.

1. When the little boys were nine and ten years old they were sent to school by their mother. 2. They were not happy, for their comrades made fun of them becaiise they were led to school by a confidential servant. 3. If they had not been so silent and serions, their comrades would not hâve made fun of them. 4. They were afraid of the masters, and when they questioned them about their studies, they hardly could raise theîr eyes or say a word. 5. The master put them in the lowest class, because they did not know the Latin declensions. 6. The masters did not make study interesting to them and they were afraid of them ; and they were punished so often that they were always cast down and discouraged. 7. Their poor little brains were tortured by ail thèse studies, which seem to me invented on purpose to discourage little boys. 8. We do not value at ail the teachers of the school of whicJi you are speaking. 9. If the poor little boys had been left in the care of good teachers they would hâve loved study. 10. Do not punish those little girls; they are not lazy, they are afraid of you. 11. They cannot lift their eyes or say a word, and if they are punished they will be discouraged. 12. Sit down

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opposite to them and question them about their studies. 13. If you do not make fiin of them they will reply ^ to you and will tell you what studies they love. 14. They are not happy at home because they hâve no father and their mother is away. 15. They are brought to school each moming by a servant, who is a silent and serious woman, and they are afraid of her. 16. At [the] school they are in the lowest class, and at the house they are alone and hâve no young companions. 17. They hâve been punished so often by the servant, that they are always discouraged and east down.

^ Bepondre.

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Study mies for subjunctive after faUoir, vouloir, avant que, etc.

1. You must tell* me a story to-day, Mariette. Corne and sit beside me, and tell me stories of old times. 2. You hâve so many ^ memories, you must hâve many stories to tell. 3. If you want me to tell ' you a story , my dear, you must do what I asked you [to]. 4. Be quick; everything in the kitchen must shine with cleanliness before I consent to tell you a story. 5. Then you may come and sit beside me and we will chat; you must answer what I ask you. 6. Raise your eyes and look at me. Why do you not speak to me? 7. But, Mariette, why are you so severe? You frighten me. I do not want to chat; I want you to telP me stories. 8. Why do you not begin? Do you not under-

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stand what I asked y ou? 9. But, my dear, I hâve no stories that you hâve* not heard aheady. 10. You must not ask for [something] new thirty times a month.^ How many stories hâve I told you ahready? Count them and tell me (it). 11. I do not know. ï could not count them; but what does that matter? 12. You hâve lived so many days, you must hâve many more than thirty stories of old times. 13. I am not particular; tell me something which I hâve heard already. 14. But if you try hard • I believe you will find something new; you must hâve a memory for each day of the year.^ 15. I hâve not as many (of them) as that, but I hâve lived many more than 365 days, and I can tell you something new îf I try. 16. You hâve many sad memories, Mariette. I would not change with you; your life has been very sad. 17. Not as much [so] as that, my dear; happily 1 hâve had hours of enchantment which hâve paid for ail the sorrows of my life. 18. I hâve had some (of them) in my life, but my lot has not been very * sad, thank God.

^ Raconter. ' Tant de. ' That I tell. * Subjunctive in clause depending on a négative. ' Mois, m. * Seek well. ' Année, f . » Bien.

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Subjunctive continued.

1. Why are your friends ^ so severe and cold? They do not attract me at ail; they frighten me and chill me. 2. They are not cold and severe, my child, they are only sad, and I would like to console them, but I do

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not know how to do it. 3. I do not believe that they are sad; they bave no reason * for being sad, but they need some one to cheer them up. 4. Perhaps it is because they suffered so much when they were children* that they are always sad now. 5. Eighteen \ ears ago their father went away on * a long joumey, from which * he only retumed four years ago. 6. Are vou sure that that is the reason of their sadness? I do not believe they suffered * on account of his absence.

7. When he went away they were little children, not much larger than I, and they hardly knew him at ail.

8. If they had been sure that he was happy, they would not hâve suffered. 9. Now that he is back^ they might be happy, but they are not. 10. But I do not believe that they can be happy now eîther®; they think of ail that their father has suffered and they would like to cheer and console him. 11. That is the reason of their sadness; they hâve good reason for suffering, my poor young friends. 12. Why do you always call them your yoimg friends, although you hâve no others? 13. It does not seem to me that they are young. 14. How long • hâve you known ^® their father? When you knew him first was he as sad as now? 15. I knew him as a mère child in 1848 and it is now 1904, so I hâve known him fifty-sîx years.^^ 16. When he went away twenty years ago he was quite " young, while now he makes the impression of an aged man.

* Amie, f . ' De quoi. • Partitive. * Partir pour. • Dont. • Perfect. ' See page 39, Une 6. ' Non plus. • How much time is it that. *• Présent. " It is fiftynsix years that I know him. » Tout,

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MON PREMIER VOYAGE À PARIS

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Mr. Lefèvre was in the act of dinîng when the cook told him that Paillet had corne in and was asking for him. Paillet was his former managing clerk, who had left him in the month of November to * go [and] live in Paris. "Let us go [and] take a walk in the direction of the ramparts," said Paillet; "I want to tell you ail my sorrows. I hâve left Paris and retumed hère to ^ see you and tell you that I want to go [and] pass three months at my farm at Vez. I did not know the price of tickets ' and I thought I could ' go to Vez with the twenty-seven francs which I hâve in my pocket. But it costs * forty-eight francs on the railway * only to go to Vez. What shall I do?" "I hâve only five francs myself," said Mr. Lefèvre; "I will feel in my pockets and take out aïl that I hâve. There it îs; I will give it to you, but you cannot go to Vez with that. But I hâve an idea." "What?" "Why do you not go on horseback? You hâve a horse; set out to-morrow and in two or three days you will be at Vez. " "A good idea/' cried Paillet. "Can you not leave your office yourself and go there with me? You can pass three days at the farm and you will be back • Saturday. It ^ will be a good joumey."

* Pour. * Billet, m. » Infinitive. * I bave for 30 francs, etc. » Chemin-de-fer. ' Retumed. ^ Ce.

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Thèse two boys are schoolboys on a vacation; they want to go to Paris and they hâve only fifty-six francs, which they do not want to spend on the way. But they hâve a horse and a gun and with thèse they will be able to go there without spending a cent.* On the way they will kill quails, partridges, and hares. \VTien they arrive ^ at an inn ' they will hâve the hares and partridges, which they hâve killed, roasted and they will eat them. But they will need bread to eat and wine to drink. They will pay for the bread and wine with the quails. If the waiter asks for anything, they will give him a quail or the hind-quarter of a hare. In this way they will arrive in Paris in three days and they will hâve spent nothing. But they need two horses and they hâve only one (of them). No, that is what they need ; while * one hunts ' the other will f oUow him on horseback. When the one who is hunting is ' tired, he will tell the one who is riding (of it). The hunter will mount the horse and the other will take the gun. Tt is a very simple way of going to Paris. But I hope they will not arrive in Paris with their hunting-jackets. For whom would they be taken? No, they will put their coats in a valise, and the one who is on horseback will carry them. That is very simple. If they kill thirty quails it will make fifteen of them apiece. They cannot ' eat ail the game they will kill, can they? I do not think so.^

* Sou, m. ' See Exercise III, note 4. ■ Auberge, m. * Pendant qae. ' It.