tant mieux, so much the better

5 . à force d'avoir souffert, by dint of; or, on account ofj having suffered,

6. lui instead of ;/, because not joined directly to the verb.

Page 18. — I. en, 2w ?/, referring to la conscription.

Page 20. — I. la maison commune (City Hall) is the same as Hôtel de ville, p. 21, 1. 27.

Page 21. — I. l'heure, the {right) time,

2. il y avait beaucoup de retard, that it {the dock) was much behind time ; zuas very slow,