qui vilain calcul, ' whom I could suspect of

low motives.' Note the différence in construction.

Page 13, line 5. C'est moi. The disjunctive form of the pers. pron. is used as the pred. sub. of the verb être.

L 6. Et si je n'ai jamais osé voies en apercevoir, 'and

if I never dared to say so to you, you must hâve perceived it. Note that the two verbs oser (osé) and devoir {dit) govem the infinitive %rithout a prep. , unlike the English. Also that ' it ' the object of ' perceived ' is rendered in French by en {=de+le), s'apercevoir being used with the prep. de.

1. 10. Elle ne demandait pas mieux que de, ' ail she wanted ■was to.'

L 12. Tenez, 'welL'

L 12. Voulez-vous, etc. Cf. p. 10, 1. 7, and note.

L 15. Fleurs nouvelles, ' new kinds of flowers. '

L 16. C'étaient, ' it was.' In this construction the verb is always sing. in English. In French the number of the verb

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dépends on that of the pred. sub. , except when it is in the Ist or 2nd pers. plur. when it generally remains singular.

L 17. Et l'on me 2)erviit d'aller voir, ' I was allowed to go andsee.' l' is often used before on after et, où, que, si, etc., •when the following word does not begin with l; me ia indii'ect object.

L 18. iZ 2/ en avait, ' there were some. ' Note the force of en,

L 19. Ressemblait à, ' resembled. ' This is the case of an English active verb expressed in French by a neut. verb, i.e. a verb+prep.

1. 20. On erU dit d'une petite figure, ' one would hâve said it was a little f aca '

1. 21. H y en avait une, ' there was one, ' lit. ' of them ' ; en is expressed in Trench before the verb, when the noun is omitted.

1. 22. Et sur dix fleurs du même 2ned, ' and ont of ten flowers on the same stalk. '

1. 22. Pas une ressemhUt. Négative constructions generally requii'B the subjunctive in the dépendent clause.