Vous autres. Autres has merely a démonstrative force

‘ you people.’ So Hous autres Anglais, We Englishmen.

36. 2. — Disait vrai. Vrai\\e.re=vêritê. Une dit pas toujours vrai,

He does not always tell the truth. A vrai dire [à dire vrai). . . .,to tell the truth . . .

6,— Témoignait de la plus vive stupéfaction. Témoigner h.eYQ=porter témoignage, and so may be rendered ‘ bear witness.’ It may also take a direct object : Il témoigna du mépris, He showed contempt.

8. — Avait pour motif. ‘ Cause,’ or ‘ source,’ rather than ‘ motive, ’ though motif often is équivalent to ‘ motive. ’

16. — Je le tiens, ton voleur = Je ton voleur. The use of tautologies such as this is very common in French conversation. The object of the répétition is to attain emphasis. Cf. ‘ moi ’ in 1. 18.