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Pater mi . . , etc. See St. Matthew XX\T

21— 17. se fatiguer et tromper l'attente, /o ÇMte/ his excitement and make the time pass faster. — tromper l'attente, literallv, cheat

the waiting. — 21. ne savait que penser, didnH know whal to thînk. — 31. que déjà, u'hen already.

22. — II. ne douta point qu'un accident ne fût arrivé, didn't doubt that an accident had happened. ne douta point, a déniai of doubt is équivalent hère to a positive assertion of fear, hence the ne in the subordinate clause.

34. — 16. laligney regular infantry. — 28. Tours, city on the Loire, once the capital of the old province of Touraine, now the chief city of the Department of Indre-et-Loire, 60,300 inhabitants, a center of trade in wines, brandy, dried fruits, silks and carpets.

35. — 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 préserves, large export trade with America, seat of a university. — 25. panache de vapeur, trail oj smoke.

36. — 10. II n'avait plus de chez lui, he had no longer any home.

37. — 19. la croix des Templiers, ^/îe cross of the Templars. The Templars formed an ordcr of Knights instituted at Jérusalem in

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