NINTH SUNDAY

142. Quelque part qu'on les place. — Wheresoever one bestows them.

143. Se serraient les uns contre les autres. — Huddled together.

144. Tambour major. — Drum major. A man, generally very tall, Who marches at the head of the band, with a long bâton in his hand.

145. Voudrais-tu nous permettre de le garder ? — Would you let us keep him ?

An American child would probably say : "May we keep him?" "Voudrais" is more coaxing, more polite and more French. See note 40.