quelque chose de singruller : see note, p. 14 1. i

10. Marseille : observe there is no s at the end, and cf. Lyon.

11. est : when two subjects are connected by et, the use of the

plural is now imperative. To préserve the singular hère we should say ainsi que le mien,

17. nous sommes: with depuis (as, v/'xûi il y a . . que, voici . . que, voilà . . que) the présent niust be used instead of the past indefinite, and the imperfect instead of the pluperfect, when the state or action expressed by the verb is still going on, or was still going on at the time spoken of.

i8. bien des affaires : i.e. beaucoup de tracas.

19. avant que, en attendant que, and jusqu'à ce que are the only three conjunctions of time that require the subjunctive.

22. aussi errand : Rica's patriotism makes him somewhat exaggerate the size of Ispahan.