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 js a small instrument fixed on the bridge of a violin to soften the sound.

Page 22.— r. qui était un peu porté sur sa bouche, 40 was a /ittle grecdy.

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, 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, a kif the fancy, had pleased the taste.

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