Serait mort. — Wouîd hâve dicd

" Mourir " takes, as auxiliary, " être."

192. Je veux bien te pardonner. — I am willing to forgive you. The grand-father marks his forgiveness of Léon by resuming the

use of the second person singular.

193. Savoir de tes nouvelles. — To inquire how you do. Literally : To get news of you.

" Savoir des nouvelles de toi " could be said, but the former expression is more idiomatic.

194. Punissent de la peine des travaux forcés. — Sentence to hard labor.