quand cela ne serait que, ' even if it were only

16. aller loin is a common phrase in French for ' make one's fortune,' 'rise to a high position,' etc. Compare the phrase, ce jeun£, homme est laborieux, il ira loin, ' that young man is industrious, he will rise.'

18. conseil municipal. The municipal unit in France is the commune whose goveruing body is the conseil municipal, the chairman of which is the mxiire. The communes are united into cantons for which there is no council. The cantons are united into arrondissements whose council is

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called conseil d'arrondissement (see p. 6, 1. 10). The arrondissements are united into départements vfhoBQ council is called conseil général (see p. 6, 1. 13).