ne te conviendrait pas ! ' would not suit you ! * Of

course, he does not give her a chance tq express an ppinion.

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Une.

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que diable! 'what the deuce (next) !', 'confound it!'-

' the deuce take it ! ' doiS-je, 'am I to?', 'shall I?'

passer par-dessus, ' to overlook.'

Je m'y attendais, ' l was expecting it.'

un jour, 'some day.'

si . . . bachelier, ' if, to suppose what seems impossible, Edmund should succeed in passing his examination aa bachelor.' The degree of bachelier, in France, is obtained at the close of one's career in the lycée, or secondary school, and admits one to a course in what corresponds to the universit}' with us. The subséquent degrees, in Arts, are the licence and the doctorat.

34. 8. Mais .... adresser, ' But I hâve another request to make

of you.'