LA CHEVRE DE MONSIEUR SEGUIN

Page 67. — 1. C'étaient, paraît-il, they were, it seems. — 2. Sa barbiche de sous-officier, her "goatee " like a non-commissioned officer's. — 3. un amour de petite chèvre, a" love" of a little goat. — 4. comme . . . bien, how comfortable. For the order, comp. I., 1, note 1. — 5, il leur faut du large, they must have room. — 6. A partir; comp. I., 6, note 24. — 7. se fit, became. — 8. du côté, in the direction. — 9. sa chèvre avait quelque chose, something ailed his goat. — 10. ce n'est pas la peine, it is not worth the trouble. — II. qu'est-ce qu'il te faut, what do you need? lit., what is it that, etc. — 12. malheureuse, poor creature I — 13. autrement encornées, differently horned; i.e., that had other [larger) horns than you. — 14. maître and maîtresse are often used to denote superiority. — 15. ça ne fait rien, that doesn't matter. — 16. me; comp. vous, I., 3, note 29. — 17. De peur que, like a verb of fearing, requires an expletive ne. — 18. à

double tour (de la clef). — 19. rien ... de si joli, any thing so pretty. — 20. plus is here negative = no more. — 21. empêchât, subj. after negative ; trans., nothing to hinder her, etc. — 22. bien autre chose, quite another thing. — 23. c'est que, that was because. — 24. aux larmes, until the tears came. — 25. tenir, endure it ; comp. I., 7, note 57. — 26. y, of him ; generally used of things only. — 27. se faire ; comp. I., 4, note 28. — 28. toutes; comp. I., 1, note -$■$. — 29- non Pas > comp. I., 2, note 20; for eût, comp. note 21. — 30. entrèrent en danse, began to dance. — 31. y, at it. — 32. pourvu que, if only; lit., provided that ; always followed by subjunctive.