CHAPTER XI

Page IIS. 1. Postthàl: post-yard. — 2. le perron: the steps of the church. See page 116, Une 1. — 3. Dieu du ciel, il t'en faut à toi, du temps pour faire une commission: gracious me, it takes you long enough to do an errand.

Page 115. 1. il se plaça même sur son derrière : he even sat up.

Page 116. 1. petits bois en fourche: small forked sticks. On page 117, last Une, they are called les petites fourches.

Page 117. 1. Sois donc tranquille: never fear. — 2. que: and. — 3. tuilerie: tile-yard or brick-yard.

Page 118. 1. caractère : disposition.

Page 119. 1. malins : naughty. —2. il a pris: he has been catching.

Page 120. 1. mouilloir : A cup in which spinners moisten the ends of their Angers. — 2. que le ciel confonde : whom may heaven confound. — 3. le vieux sergent venu tout exprès : the old sergeant who had corne purposely for them. — 4. restent plantées là: remain behind. — 5. à se consumer et à s'ennuyer : pining away and having a dull time of it.

Page 121. .1. à la veillée : to sit up.

Page 123. 1. Je voulais en avoir le cœur net : I wished to know the facts in the case. — 2. n'a pas donné : did not take part, was not engaged.

Page 124. 1. Vous ne m'en diriez pas plus que je serais déjà trop heureuse': even if you should tell me no more, I should be too happy already. — 2. rattraper : catch up with. — 3. depuis la ligne de l'Erbach : from the line of the Erbach (river).

Page 125. 1. les évacuer: to send them off. — 2. nous avons manqué d'ensemble : we lacked concerted action.

Page 126. 1. Cornelia: Probably a référence to Cornelia, a Roman matron, mother of the tribunes Tiberius and Caius Gracchus. She was idolized by the people, who erected a statue to her with the inscription, " Cornelia, mother of the Gracchi."

Page 128. 1. en appuyant sur les mots : laying stress upon his words, emphatically.