m'a réveillé en sursaut, startled me out of my sleep

Pagre 35. — i. eu dîné, note the intentional grammatical error.

Page 36. — i. soyez tranquille, r^j-i* a jjz^r<?^. 2. là implies that he warmly shakes her hand.

Page 37. — i. dans ces derniers temps, recently. 2. j'ai fait valoir, I laid great stress on.

Page 39. — i» le plus tôt sera le mieux, the sooner (it shall be) the better. . •

2. à eux tous, lit., "ail of them"; trans., ail (put) together.

3. créole, one born in Louisiana or the West Indies, of European (strictly Spanish or French) ancestors. The créoles are supposed to be Imaginative, impulsive, and careless in business matters.

4. maître, hère Air., a légal title corresponding nearly to our earlier use of squire.

Page 40. — I. de lui laisser entrevoir, to let her hâve a suspicion.