larges comme de petites lunes, as wide as little moons

7. et j'en étais tout ragaillardi, and I was veiy much cheered up by the thought. 8. s'était ravisé, had changed his mind.

Page 21. — 1. Elle avait une autre figure, // had another face, or more freely: it appeared différent. 2. je remis mon habit dessus, elle m'ennuyait, I again put my coat upon it, it was annoying me. This sentence offers a good example of the use of the preterite and of the imperfect. 3. je ne dors jamais que d'un œil, comme ou dit, / always sleep with one eye open, so to say. 4. je mis le nez sur le pont, / mounted on deck.

5. collées aux mâts, clinging to the masts. 6. en regardant de travers du côté de la lettre, casting an angry glance at the letter. 7. il fallait bien en venir là, it had to be done.