Ouvrait la bouche, 'was getting ready

1. 15. Quand il s'entendit appeler, 'when he heard himself called.' Cf.. p. 9, 1. 26.

L 17. Tout émue, cf. p. 6, 1. 11.

1. 23. Elle va faire un malheur, 'she will do 1 eraelf some harm.'

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Page 60, line 1. De la is partitive superlative.

L 6. Le is pleonastic for emphasis.

L 13. Le. See previous note.

L 21. Et comme il en voulait . . . .et a ton argent, see p. 6, L 21.

1. 25. Faisant paquet de, 'makinga package oV Faire paquet is taken as one idea ; tho art. which is usecl in the English translation is consequently not rendered in French. Give similar idioms from La Ferle Noire.

Page 51, line 8. Coulées d^une seule pièce, ' melted into one single pièce.'

L 9. Fleur. An omament in the locket.

I. 19. Qui croyait rêver, ' who thought he was dreaming. ' Verbs of thinking followed by anotber verb having the same subject, take in French the second verb in the infinitive.