Us riaient tout bas, 'they were laughing to them

1. 30. Et que, 'and wheru' Instead of repeating quand, and some other conjunctions, que is used, as her&

L 31. Eux. Used to empliaske ils. See note to p. 10, L 17.

L 31. Qu'on n'invitait pas, 'who were not invited.' Note the Fr. équivalent for this Eng. passiva On though indei is sometimes made to refer to a def. antécédent, hère to die and mère.

Page 12, line 12. J'ai x^ia mains, 'I plucked up

courage. ' Note the fréquent use of the past indefinite in f amiliar discourse, where in English the simple past is used : a décidé, me suis trouvé, ai dit.

L 14 Elle avait bien Pair de a'y attendre, ' she looked as if she expected it. '

1. 15. Mais cela n'empêchait pas, etc., 'but that did not prevent her from being as excited as I.' Empêcher used negatively generally takes the subjunctive with ne in the subordinate clause

L 20. E ne faut pas dire, ' you must not be angry

with me for what I am going to say to you. ' Kemark this Fr. équivalent for ' you must not,' and for ' am going to.'

L 22. Suis riche, suis malheureuse. Cf. p. 10, L 26.

1. 25, Je me défie de tout le monde, ' I am suspicions of everybody. '

L 25. Et j'irais jeter ... .que d'épouser. Both infinitives are governed by irais, but note the prep. de before the second in the comparison.