changeant de ton, "changlng his voice

3. Merlin, Merlin, in médiéval romance a famous Britîsh prophet and magician of whom the earliest traces are found in the Hisloria Britonum, ascribed to a certain Wennius

( 8.1)0 Ut 800).

42.-4. Ce sont . . . idéea-là, "Ideas like that are only dreams." 44, — 30. veut bien, "is willing." 47. — 4. sans se faire prier, "without any coanng" 18. en sait plus long que toi, "knows more about it than

48 — 5. nous nous en trouverons bien, lit. " wc will find ourselves well therefor," or "it will be to our advantage." 49. — 5. se passer de Pierrot, "do without Petey."

34. il voulut lui donner le fouet,"he wanted to whip her." 6*. — 3. Pharamond. Pharamond was supposed for a

long t.irae to hâve been the first king of the Merovingian

dynasty (first dynasty of France, which came to an end 75* *■!>.).