Au voleur ! ' stop thief

L 20. Au feu! 'fire!'

L 21. Eût. et note to L 9 abova

L 22. Mis en campagne, 'oalled out.'

L 25. Ne sut pas venir a bout, etc. , ' could not succeed in explaining himself. '

Paçe 18, line 1. Ouverte sans bruit, 'having been opened without noise. ' Observe the omission of the part. art. after sans.

1. 3. Avec ordre, ' -vvith orders. ' Note the omission of the part. art. with avec as with sans above.

I. 9. Reposaient, ' were sleeping.' Continued past action, especially with référence to another past action, is rendered in French by the imperfect tense, as in this casa Cf. régnait (1. 6), and dormait (1. 5).