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Confiance méritée

16 la confiance, the confidence

(la confidence, secrecy) mériter, to merit, to deserve

17 Edouard, Edward

se réfugier, to take refuge

18 le gentilhomme, the noble-

man. Stre p. 6, 1. II tout-à-coup, all of a sudden investir, to invest, to surround

19 la milice, the militia l'ennemi, m., the enemy lui-même, himself

20 le soldat, the soldier

le bonheur, the happiness, good fortune

21 reconnu, P. P. of recon-

naître, to recognise sut, 3r(i p. s. Prêt, of savoir 23 le château, the castle

il faUut, Impers. V.; Prêt, of

falloir (Pr. P. wantinij ;

fallu ; il faut, fallut ; Fut. il

faudra ; Pr. Suhj. il faille),

to be necessary

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22 se séparer, to separate, to

part

23 s'abandonner, to give him-

self up to la destinée, the destiny, fate

24 le mille, the mile

(mille, thousand, never

takes s) suivi de, P. P. of suivre, to

follow simple, simple, plain le oatelier, the boatman pressé par, pressed by la faim, the hunger

(avoir faim, to be hungry)

25 prêt à, ready to, near to succomber, to succumb

se hasarder de, to risk, to hazard

26 "dont il savait bien que le

maître n'était pas de son parti," turn in English — dont (le) maître il savait bien ne pas être de son parti ; this latter con>truction is not Frei.ch

28 le pain, the bread l'habit, ui. the coat, clothes sais. It p. s. Près, of savoir,

to know. See p. 4, 1. 28

29 crois, Pr. of croire, to believe

je vous crois, / oedit you with; cf. II. Ex. 57 abuser de, to miszise, to take unfair advantage of

30 prenez, 2nd p. pi. Imper. of

prendre, to take

31 le vêtement, the clothes couvrent, Pr. of couvrir, to

cover \to be able

pourrez, Fut. of pouvoir,

32 me les, them to me

When a verb has two pronoun-objects, the Pr. of 1st or 2nà pers. comes before tlie Pr. ofthe 3rd pers. II. §27 32 la Grande Bretagne, Great Britain [man

34 le gentilhomme, the nobleauquel, to whom. I. Ex. 46 s'adressera, to apply to

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35 devait, Imp. f. of devoir l'être, for le être, U standing as a Pers. Pr. for a Noun or adj. in a preceding clause

s'empresser de, to hastm to,

to lose no time to secourir, to assist, to help autant que, as much as

36 Ja pauvreté, the poverty "lui garda le secret,"

idiom for garda son secret.

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