Il franchit en maître, 'he cleared the front steps

with one bound, and knocked two or three times like a master, ' {i. e. ' in an imperious manner ').

1. 8. On s'empressa si peu, 'there was se little hurry,' ( ' one huiTied so little ').

1. 11. Conçoit-on, etc.? ' I can't understand why Christiane does not open.'

1. 12. Elle était pâle a fàtre peur, ' she was pale enough to frighten one.'

1. 13. Et c'est à peine, etc. , ' and she could scarcely speak. '

1. 17. Rendue, 'made.' Observe that the English 'make' with an adjective is given in French by rendre — not faire ; also that the p. p. of a trans. verb agrées in gender and number -ïvith the direct object when this object précèdes it.