Au pas de course — In double-quick time

192. Pichegru. — A celebrated French gênerai of the same rank but older than Hoche ; he was later implicated in a plot against Napoléon, and was found dead in his prison in April,

1804. The events, as told in the letter of Lucie Jacob are sufficiently detailed and true to history not to need any comments. 194. Les flaques de houe édataient autour de nous comme des obus à chaque jms. — This awkward sentence may be translated, the mud-puddles splashed around us like bomb-shells at every step — which seems no worse than the French.

196. *S'e démenant comme un bienheureux — Jumping about, wild with delight.

Hé ! la grosse mère ! . . . La jolie fille . . . par ici— B.ey 1 You good woman ! . . . You pretty girl ! this way 1

197. // me 2:)laU . . . il a l'air bon enfant! — I like him . . . he looks like a good fellow. The answer, Toi, tu me plais ausbiy means, I like you too. Notice this very common use of plaire, which is often the most appropriate translation of the English like.