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

Page 85* — i. eu dîné, note the intentional grammatical error.

Page 86. — z. soyez tranquille, rest assured, a. là implies that he warmly shakes her hand.

Page 87. — z. dans ces derniers temps, recently, a. j'ai fait valoir, Ilaidgreat stress on.

Page 89. — z. le plus tôt sera le mieux, the sooner (it shall be) the better,

a. à eux tous, lit., ** ail of them "; trans., ail (put) together, 3. créole, one bom 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 Mr,y a légal tiUe corresponding nearly to our earlier use of squire.

Pagre 40. — z. xde loi laisser entreyoir, toUtkerkaveasuspicûm, a. ne, note the pleonastic use of ne,