Et les fleurs donc! . . . “ And what about the flowers

17, 1. de se voir — en se voyant. Daudet seems to prefer the use of the infinitive preceded by de to that of the présent participle preceded by en.

22. Hou! hou! an onomatopœia imitating the howling of the wolf.

20, 2. en Provence. Do not confound the proper noun la Provence , which désignâtes a Southern province of ancient France, with the common noun la province.

3. la cabro de moussu Seguin. . . . This Provençal proverb would be expressed in French as follows: la chèvre de monsieur Seguin qui se battit toute la nuit avec le loup et puis le matin le loup la mangea.

Le Secret de Maître Cornille

21. Title. Maître, a title of courtesy given to prosperous country people. Translate by Mr.

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