Qu'est-ce que les Ratinois ne peuvent pas faire

15. Pourquoi? 16. Que feront-ils alors? 17. Qu'avait-on fait dans une maison où Mme Ratinois avait dîné ? 18. Pourquoi les Ratinois ne peuvent-ils pas en changer? 19. Com-

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ment ont-ils voulu lever la difficulté? 20. Comment le maître d'hôtel a-t-il fini par la lever?

21. Combien vendait-on la tour de Nankin? 22. Quel était le prix du moët? 23. Et celui de la veuve? 24. A quelle heure les Ratinois voulaient-ils dîner? 25. A quel plat M. Ratinois tenait-il? 26. Qu'est-ce que les Ratinois avaient oublié de très important? 27. Pourquoi Mme Ratinois avait-elle besoin de Frédéric?

D. Traduisez en français :

I. Do you think we can hâve Uncle Robert sit down at the same table as the Malingears? 2. On what did Mr. Ratinois insist? 3. It is too bad our house is smaller than theirs". 4. We could not hâve invited Uncle Robert to dinner unless he had taken off his ear-rings. 5. I don't think she likes him. Do you? 6. Don't forget to change the knives and forks at each course when the Malingears come to dinner at our house. 7. Don't you think this is the worst carp you ever ate? 8. Is she a widow? — Yes, she is a rich widow ; she is the richest widow in the whole city. 9. My youngest sister is named Mary. She is ten years younger {less old) than I. 10. Thèse are my best knives.

II. I hâve never heard of that brand, and I hâve not the least désire to hear of it. 12. I do not think they hâve more than twenty thousand or twenty-five thousand francs a year. 13. Can we not invite the Malingears to dinner without Uncle Robert's finding it out? 14. Let him wash the knives and forks as he goes along, if he hasn't enough. 15. What could he hâve been thinking of ? 16. The course on which he insisted was truffles. 17. How are you? — I hâve been better for a week. — I am glad you are better. 18. Frederick must give her something pretty. 19. How many people are there to be at your dinner? — There are to be eight or ten. 20. Take what you need.

21. Give us something higher than that. We want you to give us something higher than the Tower of Nankin.

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22. The tower on which the Chinaman was sitting was wooden. 23. Is it possible you poured wine in your soup? You ought to hâve been ashamed of it. 24. Did you ever see anything so pretty? — Yes, I saw something much prettier at the Malingears'. 25. I never saw anything prettier than that tower. 26. Your daughter is four years older than mine, and mine is two years older than Mr. Malingear's. 27. This brand is six francs cheaper (less dear) than that one. 28. She spends more than Mrs. Malingear. Last year, she spent more than ten thousand francs. 29. Though we hâve invited them more than twenty times, they never accept our invitations. 30. That is the tallest footman in (the) town.

E. Sujet de composition : Le m aître d'hôtel.