donnaient sur, " looked ont upon

28. entresol, suite of rooms situated between tbe rez-de-cbaussée and tbe first story. It bas never been satisfactorily explained wby it sbould not be called tbe first floor.

28. — 5. Un employé de la ville, a clerk in some municipal office.

13. bien des allées et venues, "a good deal of going in and out," i.e. a good deal of noise.

17. rimmeuble, tbe bouse, or tbe property. Tbe term is applied

to property tbat cannot be moved (from the Latin in and moveo), 22. Tenez, "seeliere."

26. contournant une plate-bande, "running around a flowerbed."

27. qui effenillait, etc., "wbogatbered in a small basket tbe witbered leaves of roses."