Monsieur le connu' t bien, ' my master knows him welL

L 6. Brave homme, ' worthy fellow.' Cf. p. 7, 1. 18.

L 13. Personne? 'Nobody?'

1. 19. Elle veillait h la cuisine, ' she was attending to the cooking. '

1. 25. Chez elle, ' her room. ' Note omission of dans af ter entrer before chez. Cf. 1. 23.

Page 42, line 2. Monsieur dit ? ' Sii' ? ' ' I beg your pardoru ' Cf. p. 40, 1. 19.

L 14. Toute. See note to p. 6, L 11.

1. 15. L'orage éclatait ; monsieur ne rentrait pas, ' the storm was raging ; my master was late in coming home. '

I. 19. D'une force. Supply after force some word such as effroyable.

II. 26, 27. Aussi vrai que je suis chrétienne et honnête femme, ' as' true as I am a Christian and resi^ectable woman. ' See p. 24, L 31.

Page 43, line 14. Tenez ! ' I say ! '

IL 14, 15. Qui suis. The verb is in the first pers. sing. to agrée with moi, the antécédent of qtii.

I. 17. Je ne veux jjas qu'on y toiiche, ' I do not want anyone to meddle mth her.' Y=a+la, (toucher à). Y genei'ally refers to things, and not to persons as hère.

L 19. C'est sacré. Cf. p. 9, L 2.

L 20. Cest lui qui mène tout, ' it is he who is bringing on ail this.' Cf. for lui qui, p. 37, L 24.

II. 25, 26. De ne pas être morte. Note position of pas. Ci p. 1, L la

Pag'e 44, Une 3. Puisse. See note to p. 13, 1. 23.

L 10. Que penser, 'what to think.' Que 'what' is used in a few phrases witli savoir (negatively) with the force of ce que.

Page 45, Unes 1-3. -B< Dieu sait .... innocence, 'And God înows that I would maintain her innocence, if sho were to say so at once, hère before us. '

1. 5. Quelle diable de preuve ? ' what blesssed proof ? ' Note that diable de is used adjectivally ; hence quelle agrées with /ireuve.

1. 28. It suffit d'un tressaillement de ton cœur, ' a tlu'iU of yoiu- heart is enough. ' Cf. p. 40, 1. 28.