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17. de ne pas lui avoir fait plus de fête, at not kaving entertained her hetter,

20. n'accusait que son incognito, hlamed only her incognito, Antoinette means that she alone was to blâme because she had not revealed her true self to her husband.

50. — 2. pour faire nouvelle lune, in order to home a second honeymoon.

19. de matrone romaine, of a Roman matron. The austerity of the Roman matrons has become proverbial.

22. le revers de la médaille, the reverse of the medal, i.e., the other side of the question.

51. — 1. Philémon et Bauds, an aged couple who lived in a small town of Phrygia. They were veiy poor, and dwelled in a

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humble cottage. Jupiter and Mercuiy camei on one occasion^ in the form of men, to this same town. They sought hoefpitality, but eveiy door was closed against them. At length they approached the home of Philemon and Baucis, by whom they were warmly received. Jupiter and Mercury destroyed the godless town and tumed the cottage of Philemon and Baucis into a temple. Praying that they might not be separated by death, the f aithful old couple were changed into trees.

2. Vous ne tenez pas â, You donH insist on; Ycu donH care especiaUy abovt,

21. Il n'y a pas à dire, There is no use taJking; There is no denying U, 24. comme la fortune: pendant que nous le cherchons^ etc. La Fontaine tells a fable of two men, one of whom scours the world seeking f ortime, while the other stays at home in bed, waiting for fortune to come to him. The traveler, after searching in vain, retums home:

n la [Fortune] trouve assise à la porte

De son ami plongé dans un profond sommeil.