comme vous dites être, as you say you are. Note the

omission of the subject of être, it being the same as that of the principal verb.

29. Mais rien ne fit, but nothing succeeded (lit., 'did'), i. e., in bringing her back.

g0.— 3. j'étais touché au possible de ce que de jeunes doigts eussent brodé de la sorte, I was deeply touched that young fingers had embeUished in that tcay. Note this fréquent use of de la sorte for de cette sorte.

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30. — 5. les songeries, thefancies, referring rather to his story, as told to Mme. de G., than to his dream itself. Note the use of the suffix, erie, denoting the resuit of the action of the verb to which it is joined, as tromperie, ' deceit,' from tromper y 'to deceive.' The common people tend to replace ie by erie; as, jalouserie, for jalousie. 8. c'est que, il is because; a fréquent use of que for parce que.

11 . il n'y a pas trop à le regretter, there is no great reaaon

to regret it.