Du côté de, ' in the dii'ection ot

1. 29. Sans l'écouter, 'without listening to him.' Note that the English verb and prep. 'listen to' is expressed in JFrench by the simple verb écouter; also that the English près, p. after the prep. ' without ' is rendered in French by the infinitive. This is the case in French after every préposition except en. See p. 1, 1. 4.

L 30. Petis, a misprint for petits.

Page 5, line 1. Se coiffant de, 'covering his head with.'

1. 1. Malgré la pluie qui redoublait, 'in spite of the fast increasing rain.' Cf. note to p. 4, 1. 9.

1. 3. Ou est sa demeure. Inversion of verb and subject often takes place in subordinate clauses after such words as quand, que, où, etc., especially if the subject be long. Cf. p. 1, 1. 3.

1. 5. With aucun, rien and other négative pronouns no pas V used with the verb.