SSeigneur Dieu .'— Thank God ! See note to p

On finit par se rendre maître du feu — They at last succeeded in snbduing the tire.

40. Polonaise. — A short coat adorned withornaments called frogs.

41. Pour vous rendre mes devoirs. — An old formula of courtesy, hère équivalent to " It shall be done as you désire." Rendre ses devoirs à quelqu'un — is to pay one's respects to a person, to wait upon.

42. YVo?/6/ee— Agitated, Peine in the next line means trouble, but elle avait de la peine should rather be translated •" she found it difficult." Compare note to p. 3.

Le mouvement que dut se donner l'oncle pour se rendre à l'appel — And the way my uncle had to be.stir himself toanswer ail the calls ; literally, the stir uncle had to give himself. Put is the prétérit of devoir, very frequently used before an inlinitive in a sensé analogous to that which it has in this sentence.

Eclats — Splinters, fragments. This is the primitive sensé of this word, the others are figurative : éclater means to burst, whence the idcis of sudden and loud noise, and, by a natural transition, thosc of flashing or brilliant light — whence other figurative meanings.