V. ** Sensible people," shonld be in French

* les personnes raisonnables.*

80, 4 Revenant, ghost. Etym. * revenir,' to oome back. 9 Tly a environ quinze ans, some fifteen years ago.

14 L^hôpitdl 8t. Mœwriee, St. Manriee's Hospital (at

Aosta).

18 Livré à IvÂ-même, left alone to himself . V. * Je

vous livre cet homme-là pieds et poinf;s liés,'

I place that man completely at yonr disposai. 84 Qm ne veut nullement voibs troubler, who by no

means wishes to intrude npon yon.

81, 7 Soyez le bienvenu ! be welcome ! V. * Yons ne

seriez pas bienvenu à aller lui dire cela,' he wonld not thank you for the information.

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1, 8 Tout à coup, suddeoly, ail at onoe. V. * A coup sûr/ certainly; 'coup Uva ooap/ one after another.

12 8i vous agréez la visite d'un hommet if you hâve

no objection against the yisit, etc.

23 Pa/rcov/rir voire demeure, to visit your dwelling. j V. * J'ai paroonm la France et TAllemagne,' I visited France and Ghermany.

26 Un large feutre dont les bords raibattus lui cachaient

le visage^ a broad felt bat, the brims of wbich

fell on his face and bid it.

29 XJn petit parterre de fiewrs^ a small flower-bed. 33 Tovies celles qv/i croissent d'elles-mêmes ^ ail tboM

tbat grow wild.

Jiv 6 Les "hautes AVpes^ tbe top of tbe Alps. xr. * Hautes

Alpes ' (witb a capital H), is tbe name of a

Frencb department, indadingpart of tbe late

province of Danpbiny.

18 En les portant sur vous, by baving them abont

you.

23 Les enSa/nts de la viHe se présentent à la porte

de mon ja/rdint the cbildren of tbe town corne

to tbe gâte of my garden. V. * Se présenter

pour une place,' to apply for a situation;

*se présenter obez quelqu'un/ to call on

somebody.

80 Votts avez su réwMv id, you bave been able to

collect bere.

S, 1 Promenoir^ walk, terrace. V. Tbat terrace still

exists. It is two yards wide and twelve long,

and is raised about tbree yards above the

ground of tbe garden.

6 Le charmoflit réduit, what a pretiy place (corner,

recess).

5 Comme il est bien fait powr les méditations d'tm

scUtaire^ bow very fit it is for tbe méditations

of a solitary man.

9 Tout ce qui se passe dans la prairie, ail tbat is

going on in the meadow.

27 Est morte depuis deutt ans, bas been dead for

thèse two years.

ft, 8 Pwissmt-ils ignorer éternellement qui je suis!

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Heayen gnmt ïtej may erar ignore who I am« V. That wish of fhe " Leper " has not been folfilled. We read on the registers of tho parish of Aosta : " Ghiaseo, Petras Bemardus, îepris affectas, filins Lazari, obiit 13a decembrifl 1803." 84, 34 Toi de la peine à la coneevoirt I oan soarodj form an idea of it.

27 limitation de Jésus-Christ^ the Imitation of JesuB Christ, xr. The famons and well-kno^m book "De Imitatione Ghristi/' whioh has been translated inio almost ail the languages of the world, is ascribed bj some to Thomas à Eempis, a German, and by others to Gerson, a Frenoh monk.

84 PaHerrey flower-bed.

•B, 13 Le commtm des hommeSt the generality of men. xr. In ooUoqnial French, the carions phrase . * le commun des martyrs,' is generally used in the same sensé.

23 Ils font^ powr ainsi dire, parti de moi-même, they form, as it were, part of myself. xr. * G*est-à* dire/ that is to say ; ' il Ta sans dire que,' of course ; * si le cœur tous en dit/ if yon hâve a mind for it.

27 Lorsque le chagrin t^ appesantit sur moi, when I am overwhelmed with grief, xr. * La main de Dieu s*est appesantie sur lui,* the hand of God has fallen heavily upon him.

31 Je m'affectionne auœ rochers et aua wrhres, I bestow my affection upon rocks and trees.

86, 6 Les pointes bizarres qui dominent la vaUée de Bhèmet the strangely peaked mountaina whicli tower over the yalley of Bheme.

10 Le grand spectade des m>07itagnes en impose cependamt da/va/ntage à mes sens, howeyer the grand spectacle of mountains prodnces a deeper impression on my sensés, xr. * En imposer ' means also * to impose upon.*

15 Que j*aime de préférence, which I like aboyé ail.

29 Qm se confondent avec le eiêl, which appear blended mth the sky.

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7« 4t H vous a fallu sans doute bien des efforts, very likely it reqnired many efforts from yoa. XT.

* n m'a fallu trois jours pour lire ce Uym/ it took me three days to read that book. * Peu s'en faut/ not far from it.

81 Comblent de bonheur, load with happiness. xr.

* Vous me comblez ' (abs.), you make me ooufnsed. ' Vous aurez à combler le déficit/ yoa mil hâve to make up the deficiency.

B, 1 ^ mesv/re que le mien est plus misérable, in proportion as mine is more wretohed.

8 Le vent du Fiémont, the wind of Piedmont. It has been obseryed that a periodic wind blows in the valley of Aosta from Mareh to October. It begins about 8 in the moming, and leaves off at 4 or 5 in the aftemoon. This is the * wind of Piedmont ' which the Leper speaks of.

18 Mes regards se portent swr la viUe d'Aoste, my eyes tum towards the town of Aosta.

16 Qui me connaissent à peine, who hardly know me. xr. * A grand peine/ with great diffîculty.

'Je n'ai pas de peine à tous croire/ loan easily believe you.

23 Accablé de fatigue, exhausted with fatigue.

83 Ils vous laissent donc quelqiufois du relâche, so they give you a little respite occasionally ? xr. * Sans relâche/ continually. * Je le poursuis sans relâche»* I am oontmually dunning him.

9, 12 5(ins/6nn0r rœiZfWithoutbeingabletoget a wink of sleep ail night. xr. * Aroir bon pied, bon oeil/ to be stout and hearty.

18 Mes pensées se brouillent, my ideas beeome confused. xr. * Se brouiller ' also means * to f ail eut.* * Je ne suis pas pressé de me brouiller avec lui/ 1 am in no hurry to quarrel with him.

27 M'cLccableni de lewr poids, overi^elm me with their weight. xr. 'Le nombre accabla leur courage/ the number overcame their courage.

Of f Je voudrais bien que vous dissie» vrm, I wish yoa may be light. xr. * Dissiez/ imperfect of the •ubjunotiYe of the verb * dire/ rarely occurs

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in Frenoh wxiters ; the présent * diâes ' being nmially employed instead.

90, 10 Plût à Dieuquecefvieneffetlafièvret wonld to

Heayen it reallj were the feyer. xr* * A Dieu ne plaise,' God forbid.

29 De bon c<Bwr, heartilj. V. * A oontre-oœnr,* re* Inctantly. * Faire la bonohe en oœnr,* to sorew up one*s mouth.

91, 1 Vous n'avez jamaU eu de Uaison^ jou nerer had

any friend.

10 Jadis, once. Etym. Lat. Jam, dies.

20 Dont je me fobis une idée, whioh I oan taney, or

picture to mysell V. ' On n'a pas idée d'une telle insolence,' one nerer heard oî suoh insolence.

92, 11 J'a/vcÀs ménagé de chaque câté un petit sentier^ 1

had made a Utile footpatii on each side.

16 On (M/rait dit que le del se ploÀsait à empoisonner les tristes jomssaaices quHl vous laissent, one wonld say that Heayen deHghted in poisoning the sad enjoyments it allowed yon.

9S, 5 Qu*elle avait soigné elU-même, •wWieh Bhe heraeit had reared. V. * Se soigner,' totake care of one's self. ' Vons ne vous soignez pas assez,' you do not take soffident care of yonrself .

18 8a tendresse lui wwtÀtfcait craindre de me troubler^

her affection had made her afraid of distnrbing me.

19 Pow être à portée de me seeov/rir au hesoint to

be ready to come to my help, if needed.

21 JDd Iftserera, the Miserere (Lat. hayemercy; from

'misereri,' to haye mercpr), the 51st Psalm, whioh commences wîth this word.

27 Betire-toi, go to yourroom.

9ft, 8 Je fus à même de juger de ma situation, I was able to jndge rightly of my situation.

7 Le crim>e qui faillit en être la suite, the crime which well-nigh followed it.

20 La moins faite en apparence powr me^trotibler,

apparently the less calcnlated to distnrb me.

21 Pour Vétemité, for eyer.

S7 Nbuê devUmê, sa/ns doute^ à sa Undeur le choitÊ,

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Tery likély it Ui to hif ngËneis that we were indebted for, ete. •1, Hê se déterminèrent à pofter des plaintes au eom'

mamdantj they resolY«d npon oomplaimng to the eommanding offioer. ir. * Porter plainte,' is more nsual than * porter dei plamteÎB.*'

18 Je ne pus m*empécher de le regarder encore v/m

fois, I oould not help lookmg at him once more.

17 La pppulaee,,, Vassommaà coups de pierres^ the mob... stoned him to death. ir. * Tais-toi ou je t'asBomme " (fam.), hxAd yonz tongne or I will knook yon down.

88 "Veirs le coucher du soleiZ, towards ranset. 90« 11 Je sffrdis mon cœur se serrer, I felt my heart wrong with grief, ir. *I1 n*y ayait pas de cœur qui ne fût touché de telles réponses,* every heart was moyed at thèse answers.

16 TàUads les perdre de vue, 1 was going to lose sight of them. V- * Perdre la yne,* to lose one's sight; *ma santé et mayne s^affaiblissent tous les jours,' my health and sight grow weaker eyery day. .

97« 8 J^oublim qu^U est un Être oonsciatew^ 1 forgot there is One who ean giye consolation.

5 Pourquoi,,, la lumière me fut-eUe accordée f why...

was lif e giyen to me P 7 Ma/râJbre, prop. step-mother, used hère adjectiyely withthe meaning of *<most unkind." ir. ' La nature a été marâtre enyers lui/ nature was most unkind to him.

16 Le désir de me détruire s'empara de moi et fixa toutes mes pensées, the wish of making away with mysejf seized me, and engrossed ail my thoughts.

19 Je conçus enfi/n la résolution dHncendier ma

retraite, at last I conoeiyed the project of setting fire to my house.

27 Malheur à toi ! Woe to thee !

98i 2 Sarments, a fagot, ir. * Sarment,' prop. means 'dry branches eut from the yine.' Etym.

Lat. * sarmentum/

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98, 19 A met ytftuB deêMiUês, before mj ejM dow open. ir. «Dessillé' onoe was spelt *déoil]é." £^ym. * dé * (àia)^ and * dller,' to blink, from

* col,' eye-laéh.

••t 14 Qi^ mon crime devait ms fermer àjam<U8, whioh my crime was to dose before me for erer.

16 Je me sentie d^/bîlUr, I felt I was fainting away. 21 A mesure que mes idées s^éelwirdssŒientj in

proportion as myideaswere becomingmore olear.

i8 Tout ce gui s^êtait passé d^ms la soirée, ail that had happened that evening.

85 Je remonte^ che» moi plus tnmquiUef I retired

more calm.

lOOf 2 Le saint enthousi€ume qu'il fit passer dans mon âme, the holy enthosiasm it kindled in my

SOTll.

86 8a eomplemion faille et délicoAe, her feeble and

délicate constitation. ir. The EngUsh word

* eomplezion ' is generally translated by

* teint ' : * Elle a nn très-beau teint,' she has a yery fine eomplezion.

80 En la vo\fwni la/nguvr et se détruire chaque jour, in seeingher pining away, and decaying eyeiy day.

101, 1 Je la vis si abattue, 1 saw her so dejected. Htm

* Se sentir abattu,' to feel faint; ' des regards abattus,* sad looks.

8 Ne powjomt plus supporter le Ut, unable to remai\

lying inher bed.

11 Mie me témoigna le désir d'être transportée "hors

de la towr, she expressed a wish of being

brought out of the towc^.

17 Tow Venlever, to carry her thither. IT. * Le vent

a enlevé le toit de sa maison,* the wind has blown off the roof of his house.

80 Elle y trempa ses lèvres, she put her lips to it. Htm *J1 rit du bout des lèvres,* «hegave a faint laugh.

SI Je me sens mm fin, I feel my death is drawing near.

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102« 17 Us 8*acheminèrent ensemble vers la porte du jardin, they walked together towards the garden-gate.

&OS« 6 Le LépreiM ferma la porte et en potusa les verrous, the Leper shnt his door, and bolted it. ir* * Etre BOUS les yerrous,' to be in prison. ' Je passe encor, grftoe à Bridoie, on oamayal sous leByerroos.' (Bôranger).

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