en arpentant la route, covering the distance

Page 20. — I. il, ï^; en, not translatable, refers to previous sentence.

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

Page 22. — i. qui était un peu porté sur sa bouche, who 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 polit eness in a prince."

Page 23. — i. flaira une bonne aubaine, scented a good thing.

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

3. s'était trouvé du goût, had hit the/ancy, had pleased the taste.

4. ne fit point d'omelette, did not drop any egg ; lit., " did not make any omelet."