suis à vous, ' shall be with you

66. 9. pourvu qu'on soit à l'heure. Equivalent to ' I hope the

police will be punctual. ' 10. ça ferait tout manquer. Daniel wishes to say that if the

police arrive punctually there will be no duel ; whilst

Perrichon, in Une 8, means that if he gets to the place

too early or too late, the party will miss the police, and

there icill be a duel.

puisque tu as, ' but you havc.' on leur fait, etc., * seconds are prosecuted.' Note again

the pleonastic construction.

tu as SU, ' you havo been able. ' mon petit papa, ' my dear daddy.' Petit is often used as

a term of familiar affection.

c'est bien fait, ' it serves him right.' peut-on? 'may I?'

aimerait, cf. 58. 8.

restez, 'don't go,' 'stay whero you are.'

Notes. 97

Pag*. Lin*.

70. 10. on nous mettait, etc. Mettait is équivalent to aurait tniê.

Cf. 20. 16. Note the curious colloquialism in nous mettait la main désunis for mettait la main sur noua.