Jlfait bon ici, cf. p. 146, 1. 24, n

12. Veilleuse. The meadow-saffron, a plant found in various parts of Europe, forming in the fall a gay colored carpet to the fields.

168. 19. S'étaient à peine rendu compte. Were scarcely conscious, aware.

Démxmté. Put out, disconcerted.

A petit' feu. In a slow fire ; f.e., by inches. Cf. ex. p. 184, 1. 3.

Contre-coup. Conséquence, effect; lit., rebound.

Couchant i i. e., soleil couchant.

Plein la gorge, i. c, la gorge pleine (de sanglots). For this change of inflection in a few adjectives — invariable before the noun, agreeing with it when coming after — cf. exs. as haut la main or la main haute, franc de j^rt une lettre or une lettre franche de port, sauf erreur or la vie sauve, non compris la somme or la somme comprise, etc.

170. 12. Pelure d* oignon, t. e., couleur de pelure d'oignon. Straw colored. For the spécial signif. of tbe

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term hère cf. n. p. 152, 1. 19, 22. For ezs. cf. n. p. 82, 1. 13 and p. 208, 1. 13.