passé à son cou, round her neck

20. toile cirée ; lit waxed cloth ; oU-cloth, 23. n'étaient pas tsAta pour, were not auch as could. 25. on ne se doute pas môme, nobody knotos, has the least idea. Qu'elle soit ; explain the subjunctive.

27. Bs parlèrent encore plus bas, they drqpped their voice to a

still lower pUeh.

28. lui peignait, depicted to her. Note the similar parts in the

conjugation of peindre and peigner, to comb.

29. 1. se glaça ; lit. became frozen ; ceased to rwn^ stagnated.

2. lui laisser la vie ; lit. to leave her her life ; not to kUl her.