FOURTEENTH SUNDAY

198. Entendirent crier : " Au secours." — Heard some one crying : "Help!"

"Help!" alone, is "au secours!" and a cry of alarm is, in gênerai, put in the dative case. Foi' cxample : " Au feu ! au feu ! " " Fire ! fire ! " " A l'Empereur, à l'Empereur, sauvez l'Empereur ! " " The Emperor, the Emperor, save the Emperor ! "

199. Plus ils voulaient se dépécher, et moins. — The more they sought to hasten, the less.

" Et " is not rendered in English, but it makes the phrase stronger in French.