Pater mi . . . etc. See St. Matthew XXVI

31 — 17. se fatiguer et tromper VaMenit^to quièl his excitement and make the time pass faster. — tromper l'attente, literally, cheat

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ihe waUing,-— 21. ne savait que penser, didn't know what to think, —31. que déjà, when already,

22. — zz. ne douta point qu'un accident ne fût arrivé, didnH doubt that an accident had happened, ne douta point, a denial of doubt is equivalent here to a positive assertion of fear, hence the fi« in the subordinate clause.

24,— z6. la ligne, regular infantry. — ^28. Tours, city on the Loire, once the capital of the old province of Touraine, now the chief dty of the Department of Indre-et-Loire, 60,300 inhabitants, a center of trade in wines, brandy, dried fruits, silks and caipets.

25. — 7. Bordeaux, city on the Garonne, about 360 miles southwest of Paris, in the Department of Gironde, 256,600 inhabitants, a center of trade in wines, brandy and preserves, large export trade with America, seat of a university. — ^25. panache de vapeur, trail of smoke.

26. — zo. n n'avait plus de chez lui, he had no longer any home.

27.--Z9. la croix des Templiers, the cross of the Templars. The Templars formed an order of Knights instituted at Jerusalem in 1 1 18.