Pas de maisons. Cf. note, p

1. 11. Voilà assez longtemps que je guette, etc., * I havenow been watching for this rogue of a storm long enough.' Observe the French présent for the English présent perfect.

1. 12, 13. De venir ici le regarder, ' to corne hère and look at him.' Note that the English 'and' is not expressed in French. Neither is a prep. used to connect venir with its infinitive when it dénotes purpose as hère, though potir (in order to) is someiimes employed. There is also venir à, ' to happen to,' and venir de, ' to hâve just.'

1. 15, 16. Tant que tu voudras, 'as much as you please.' Note French fut. for English près.

L 17. Et que vois-tu là, de si intéressant f ' and what do you

see there that is so interesting ? ' The prep. de is construed with que ( ' what of so interesting ').

L 19. De belle humeur, ' in (a) good humor. '

L 21. Qu'est-ce que cela? 'what is that' ('what is it that that [is]).'

L 24. Des éclairs, des—de+les. The def. art. is used with nouns taken in a gênerai sensa

1. 25. E y a éclair et éclair, 'there are various kinds of lightning.' The part. art. is omitted hère for the sake of vividness.

1. 26. De première classe, ' of the first class. ' An adjectival phrase. Cf. note to p. 1, 1. 3.