À la hauteur de, ' when up as far as

1. 18. Par ces temps d'orages, 'in such storms.' For temps d'orage cf. note to p. 1, L 3.

Page 2, line 2. Faillit rouler à terre avec lui, ' almost fell down with him.'

1, 7. ' Tiens que diable fais-tu là! ' ' Hallo what

the deuce are you doing there ! ' Note the use of tu, toi, etc. in faixiiliar discourse.

1. 10. Tu vas casser, 'you will break.' Near futurity is expressed in French by the près, of aller with the infinitive of the verb.

L 12. Mais il le vit, à ramener a lui, 'but he saw him,

not without amazement, gravely engaged in drauing in. ' Note the position of the indii'oct objective pron. à lui after its verb. This object précèdes mthout the prep. except with verbs of motion ; as mener, courir, etc. , and a few othars.

L 14. Qu'A eût dans les airs, 'that A. had ever seen

floating in the air.' The subj. eût is used after the rel. pron. qzie following the superlative le plus beau. Note the French for 'floating' after 'had seen,' -nz. flotter, the inf. for the

près. p. This is the case with verbs of 'hearing,' ' seeing, 'feeling,' etc.

1,16,17. JEt ne semUait qu'avec dépit, 'and seemed

only to retum to the ground unwillingly.' The partitive noun with avec is generally used 'without the part, article as hère.

1. 20. C'est, 'was.' Cf. note, p. 1, L 2, and observe the répétition of the subject, ce, contained in the compound relat. ce qui at the beginning of the sentenca

L 21. Qu'elle ne l'est d'ordinaire, ' than it usually is.' After the comparative except a négative one, the verb in French is preceded by the négative particle ne. The pron. le refers to the adj. longue. In such a case the pron. is invariable, but it varies to agrée with a noun used deterroinately.