De chaque côté, ' on each side

1. 25. Et d'un si Joli rose, ' and of such a pretty rose (color). ' Note that unlike its position in English the art. in French précèdes si. Adjectives used substantively and expressing abstract ideas are masculine.

Page 14, lines 9, 10. Quand vous voudrez, ' whenever you wnsh.' In French the future must be used after quand when futurity is meant. It is the same with ' whilst,' ' as soon as,' etc. See p. 3, U. 15, 16.

L 22. Qîie vous pourrez. The use of the indic. after a superlative is very rare. Cf. note to p. 2, L 14.

1. 23. Corbeille de noce, ' wedding présents ' (given by the bridegroom to the bride).

IL 23, 24. Quand j'ai entendu, 'when I heard.' Cf. p. 12, 1, 12. Cf. also fai failli, je me suis levé, la mère est entrée, etc., of the following lines.

L 27. J''ai sauté au cou de, 'I warmly embraced.'

L 31. Ce soir même, ' that very evening. '

Page 15, line 6. Vive la noce ! ' Hurrah for marriaga'