ig. touchant, 'on reaching

58. S- aveuglée d'arbres, ' masked (lit. blinded) by trees,' ' hardly

to be seen for the trees. '

,, 9. feux, 'hearths,' ' households, ' 'families.'

,, 16. il avait beau chasser, 'in vain did he drive away.' Beau is hère an adjective implying the faculty or possibility of doing the action expressed by the vcrb freely without impediment. Later on, this free field Icft for action came to imply, as in pouvoir bien, that the action was of noavail, and consequently performed in vain.

,, 17. conférence, 'lecture in church,' a sermon on doctrine, religions ethics, or ecclesiastical discipline.

,, 25. qu'il dépassât d'un doigt (i.e. pourvu qu'il dépassât d'un doigt [i.e. de la largeur d'un doigt]), transi. ' by ever so little.'

,, 28. par exemple, 'however' (lit. 'for instance,' ' among other things ' ). The expression is also used to imply négative surprise : Moi / ah, par exemple ! '\\ well to be sure ! '

il y tenait (lit. ' he held fast to it'), ' it was his hobby,' ' he was bent on having it. '

59. 6. jeta les hauts cris (lit. ' cried out aloud'), ' became

indignant,' ' made a great to-do. '

10. verrières, also verrines, ' glass cases,' ' stained - glass Windows. '

15. un pages, 'a rich land-owner,' 'a well-to-do farmer,' 'a mayor, ' ' a municipal councillor. '

i6. écu : a term incorrectly used for a sum of 3 francs.

18. étoffé de partout (lit. ' with plenty of stuff ail round'), ' well-to-do in every way. '

19. contenue, ' self-contained,' i.e. not showing his real feelings.