j'ai charge d'âme I I have the responsibility of a soul

4. Mais j'aurais . . . criminel 1 IVhy^ I might have let her fortune be stolen and yet be less guilty. Que = et néanmoins.

5. tiens 1 good! Expression of satisfaction at seeing Roger finally aroused (emoustillé) , as the speaker had hoped he might be, by what she has told him. See 1. 23, p. 22.

Page 72. — i. mots couverts, words veiled — not too blunt. 2, si elle ... de cause I if she persists it will at least not be in ignorance.

Page 73. — i. Au contraire ... le pied ? Not at all, as we say when one treads on our toes ?

2: Déjà ! Interjection in familiar style. Translate, / should like to know what it is.

Page 74.— I. Ça y estl That is done (i.e. J have eluded them). Paul saura bien s'en tirer, Paul will surely know how to get out of it. See n. i, p. 10.