en arpentant la route, covering the distance

Page 20. —1. il, ; en, not translatable, refers to previous sentence.

Page 21.— 1. mettre une sourdine, fo impose silence ; a sourdine is a small instrument fixed on the bridge of a violin to soften the sound.

Page 22.— 1. qui était un peu porté sur sa bouche, w40 was a little greedy..

2. cette exactitude qui est la politesse des poules, this is a parody on a saying of Louis XVIII, “ Punctuality is politeness in a prince.”

Page 28.— 1. flaira une bonne aubaine, scenfed a good thing.

2. vous, not translated, is what is called an ethical dative, or ‘ dative of interest.”

3- s’était trouvé du goût, #a7 kit the fancy, had pleased the taste.

4. ne fit point d’omelette, 477 nof drop any egg ; lit., “ did not make any omelet.”

s. en fut pour ses frais, ad his labors for his pains.