Au quatrième. On the fifth floor. Note that in

French houses the first floor is the rez-de-chausfsée,

the second floor le premier, the third le second, etc.

In some large buildings there is an entresol, betr

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weenihe rez^dt-thamMaée and U premier, making tbe latter ia soch cases correspond to our third floor. In the rue ^At9a* (L 12 1. a room an qnatrième would mean the top stoiy as well. bouses on this slreet not rîsing berond tbat heigbt ( with a cinquième as qaaiters for tbe honne*\, Frencb bnildingB raielj lise abore aeren stories, tbe iTia.TiTniifn beigfat beîng strict! j regolated bj law. Henœ no "skyscra^ierB " exist in Paris to mar tbe barmony <^ oadine and perspectÎTe of tbe city arcbitectore viewed as a wbole.

12. Rve dCAêaoê. A Paris street of tbe Latin qnaiter, on soutb sîde of the Seine, mnning north-west from the Carrefour de TObsenratoire and touching tbe Luxembourg Garden (1. 12) at one corner. Tbe latter is one of tbe finest parks of Fiaris. It is surrounded by an iron fence ( grUle, L 12 ) and is closed at night (cf. l. 22-23, les gardiens, *'on Ta fermer"). The fine chestnut trees mentîoned L 23 are a feature of the park, as tbey are, in fact, of many avenues as welL On the north-west aide of the Jardin, fronting me de Vaugirard (cf. p. 220, 1. 14), is the Musée (1. 17) du Luxembourg, one of the prominent art galleries of Paris, ranking after the Louvre and composed of notable works of living artists purchased by the French govemment as national property. Of this collection one of the most celebrated is the Labourage nivemaia (1. 19), by Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), an eminent French painter of animal life and Icmdscapes. Tlie subject is a plowing scène with oxen, in the Nivernais (ancient province of central France), and the painting is an "œuvre de maître pour les animaux et charmante par les détails.*' 55. 1. Voix mordante et bien timbrée. Voice sharp and clear. 6. Â parler service, To talk of business matters. 17. Était affligé d'une déviation de Vépine dorsale ; i» e.f il avait une bosse.

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65. 90. Préfecture. The office of th^préfet^ as wéll as the employées in his service considered oollectively. The préfet is the chief executive officer of the département (one of the 87 administrative divisions of France), and one of the most important f onctionaries in the French administrative