Qiie= pour que, ' in order that

1. 17. Je la regardais ce matin encore, ' I was looking at it this very morning.'

y2 NOTES ON "LA PERLE NOIRE."

L 21. n n'était pas entré que, ' he had no sooner entered than. '

Page 16, line 1. Ce que, ' what,' ' that which.' A compound relative pronoun, the subject oi justifiait, and the object of vit. For inversion of subject and verb cf. p. 5, 1. 3.

1. 3. Papiers. Partitive noun \\'ithout the part. art. {des). For reason see p. 2, 1. 22.

1. 4. Cartons verts. Note the position of this adj. Adjectives of color follow their noun.

1. 8. Serrure cfacier, ' steel look.' Note how the Fjuglish adj. of material is expressed in French, and cf. portefeuille de maroquin (1. 6) and casier de bois (1. 5).