Repris ses sens. — Recovered his composure

46. Que vos mères ont d'inquiétude! comme elles ont été étonnées! — How uneasy your mothers are ! how astonished they were !

47. N'a su nous dire. — Could not tell us. Savoir is often used instead of pouvoir before an infinitive. See Grammar, p. 191, § 62, Rem. For the omission of pas, see p. 291, § 6.

48. J'allais, je venais autour de l'habitation. — I went back and forth about the plantation.

49. A quêter sur vos pas. — To search for you by following in your track.

50. Calebasse. — Calabash, a dried and hollow gourd used to contain liquids.

51. Où est le temps. — This construction is common in expressions of

regret, and may perhaps in this case be rendered by some such exclamation as, Oh for the time !