nous ne risquons rien de nous dépêcher, ' \ve lisk

nothing in hurrying,' i. e. ' we had butter huny.' The usual construction is risquer qc. à.

,, 8. 6^xto^u.t=2MS du toxit, 'notât ail.'

,, 16, 21. grand'peur, grand'route : note the use of the adjective and tlie apostrophe in thèse words. The form grand, (Latin grandis) stood originally for the masculine and the féminine as in Latin. The apostrophe was introduced later owing to a mistaken idea, viz. that the e of the féminine had dropped out.

,, 23. quand il se fut remis . . : Mhat tense ? Give rule ; see note, p. 4 1. 4.

,, 25. poussa . . : see note, p. 5 1. 4.

,, 29. eh ! laisse donc ! 'oh ! shut up ! '

22. 3. de m'avoir fait sauver : se sauver, ' to run a'way. ' ^ The reflex. pron. is often omitted when a reflex. verb

is dépendent on faire.

,, 7. devant nous, ' straight ahead.' ,, 14. je voulais, 'I wanted,' a state ; but je voulus, 'I chose,'

'determined,' often implying failure ; e.g. il voulut

se lever, mais retomba, 'lie tried to get up, but fell

down again.' ,, 17. ce disant : so ce faisant, where the use of ce also

survives ; in modem French it is generally replaced by

cela except bcfore êt7-e. Cf. too cependant {ce pendant),

and see note, p. 1 1. 10.

lançait, 'kept throwing.'

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