Il s'agit . vétérinaiPe, ' My réputation, my honour

as a veterinary surgeon, is at stake.' Note the phrases : de quoi 8' agit-il?, ' what is the trouble?' ; voici dont il 8^ agit, 'this is the point' ; il s'agit de savoir ce qu'il a fait, 'the point is to know what he has done' ; il s'agit de sa vie, ' his lif e is at stake. ' 30. état, 'profession,' 'practice.'

23. 9. le Sieup Machut, ' Mr. Machut. ' The légal and officiai

term for monsieur.

16. nous allons .... Chatflnet, 'we shall see now what sort of a face Mr. Chatfinet will make.' Note the position of words in the relative clause. This inversion takes place after such words as que, oii, etc., particularly when the subject is longer than the verb.