LA PAQUERETTE

Page 4. — 1. A, in. — 2. de, with. — 3. Comp. 1, note 14. — 4. à represents the Latin dative, and must here, as frequently, be omitted in English.

— 5. que, whether. In this sense que is followed by the subjunctive. — 6. elle s'en inquiétait peu, it concerned itself little about it. — 7. s'élevait, rose ; comp. 1, note 6. — 8. comme par un jour de fête, as on a holiday.— 9. tout ce que, all that ; literally, all that which: ce not expressed in English. — 10. le repeats tout ce above. Omit in English. — 11. Comp. 1, note 32. — 12. de ne pouvoir en faire autant, at not being able to do as much ; en, as frequently, is not translated. Note also omission of pas with pouvoir.

— 13. Comp. 1, note 10. — 14. se trouvaient, there was ; note use of plural with quantité, and comp. 1, note 6. — 15. moins . . . plus, here correlatives : the less, the more. — 16. pauvrette, poor little thing; note the diminutive ending ette, found also in pâquerette. — 17. Comp. 1, note 1. — 18. va, is going ; often used as auxiliary. — 19. Dieu merci, thank God. The complete expression would be parla merci de Dieu. — 20. non pas, double negative without verb corresponding to ne . . . pas with verb. — 21. au, with. Note especially this use of à with the article. — 22. Comp. 1, note 27. — 23. Note use of de for que before numerals. — 24. se remettre, to recover ; comp. 1, note 6. — 25. on with its verb is usually best translated by an English passive. Translate, the honor which had been given, etc. — 26. toute ; comp. 1, note 23- — 27- pussent ; note idiomatic use of subj. for Eng. ind.

— 28. s'attrista de, was grieved at; comp. 1, note 29. — 29. s'approcha de, approached. French reflexive with prep, often equals Eng. transitive.

— 30. voilà qui est affreux. That is frightful ; literally, there is what is frightful. — 31. c'en est fait d'elles, it is all over (literally, all done) with them : en not translated. Comp. vulgar English, " they are done for." — 32. au; comp. 1, note 13.-33- prise; comp. 1, note 5, also note 25, above.

— 34. faire, absolute infin., as in Eng., how do it? — 35. lui fit oublier, made her foi'get ; fit oublier is treated as a single verb, of which beautés is the direct, and lui the indirect, object. — 36. ce que, that which, Eng. what.

— 37. ce is here the grammatical subject representing the real subject, être arrachée. Omit in Eng. — 38. tant . . . que, so much . . . as. — 39. fil de fer, thread of iron, that is, wire. — 40. Comp. note 35, above. — 41. se passa ; comp. 1, notes 6 and 32. — 42. sans laisser, without leaving. Infin. for Eng. participle after preposition. — 43. meure, subjunctive after impersonal verb. — 44. on, for the. — 45, Ton; the article is often inserted before on for euphony. 46. doit être, must be. — 47. Si, if (only). The condition implies a wish. —48. languît ; comp. 1, note 18. — 49. lui faisait arracher ;

comp. note 35, above. 50. il eut bien garde de toucher ; literally, he was very careful from touching, that is, not to touch ; comp. 1, also note 10. — 51. à la fleur, indirect for Eng. direct object. — 52. fit entendre, caused to be heard ; lit., to hear. Active for Eng. pass. infin. — 53. ne . . . que, not . . . until ; comp. also 1, note 22. — 54. à celle, of that one; comp. 1, note 13.