CHAPTER VI

Page 56. 1. toutes les vieilles Salomé : ail the old Beteies. Salomé is a woman's name used hère for a gossiping woman. Note that the plural form does not differ from the singular form. — 2. aiguilles à tricoter : knitting-needles.

Page 57. 1. lait caillé : curd. — 2. Quelle misère ! what a shame ! — 3. Ah ! c'est mademoiselle Oursula, Dieu du ciel 1 why, bless me, if s Miss Oursula. — 4. Eh! Seigneur Dieu! oh, dear me! — 5. ça voyage : from one place to another.

Page 60. 1. son pied marquer la mesure de la complainte que chante la bûche verte au milieu du foyer : her f oot mark the time of the lamentation sung by the green log in the fireplace. — 2. les parties de traîneaux : coasting parties. — 3. se disperse, les talons aux épaules : take to their heels and scatter. — 4. kirschenwasser :

200 MADAMK THERESE.

Also called kirschwasscr or kirsch. Translate Jcinchenwasser or cherrybrandy, as we say peach-brandy. Kirschenwasser is an alcoholic liquor obtained by fermentation and distillation from black cherries or wild cherries with their pits. — 5. Hans Wurst : German for Jack Saosage. Compare the English Jack-pudding.

Page 61. 1. Us humèrent d'un trait : they drained at a dranght. — 2. Tenez: say. — 3. Cassons une croûte: let's take a bite. — 4. Si : yes. Si is only thns nsed to express opposition to a négation.

Page 63. 1. recommendation: advice.

Page 64. 1. il me faisait de la peine : ne made me feel bad. — 2. sans gêne : without restraint, freely.