Il est de règle est conforme à l'usage, ‘ it is the

rule. ’

23. — Les clients. Strictly speaking “ client ” = 1. one pro-

tected by the patron (see Roman history) ; 2. the client of a lawyer. It is used also, though wrongly ( —pratique) customer of a merchant, habituai employer of a workman. This last usage is the usage in the text. Its popular character is indicated by italics.

18.— Un homme adroit, rusé et qui. Note that et may connect in Fr. different constructions [e.g., as here, an adjective and an adjective clause) ; “ and” is restricted

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in English to co-ordinate constructions. Hence, render ‘ cunning, one who.’

J 5. 2. — Vol avec effraction. A legal phrase= “ theft attended

with thé breaking open of drawers, etc.” Cf. vol de nuit avec effraction dans une maison habitée=\>ViVg\axy ; vol domestique^ pilfering by a servant ; vol sur le grand chemin, higbway robbery.

Note that “ vol ” also=flight.

5. Tant mienx. Note tbat the comparitive, as is usual in Fr., does not take the article. Cf. II., 84, note 3.

10. — Comme on n’en trouve plus. “Æ'w ” is required instead of the partitive de chefs-d'œuvre’’ understood. Render ; “ such as are no longer met with.”