Cela serait long. — Would take a long time

7. Suffit qu'il nous haïssent à mort. — Suffice it to say that they hâte us mortally, or with deadly hatred.

8. On passe fort mal son temps. — One lias a very hard time of it.

9. Tant qu'il fit jour. — As long as it was light. See Grammar, p. 147, §3.

10. Mais comment faire? — But what could we do ? For this use of the infinitive, see Grammar, p. 339, § 4.

11. Ne se fit pas prier. — Required no urging, or didn't wait to be asked twice ; literally, did not cause himself to be begged.

12. Nous voilà mangeant et buvant, lui du moins. — So we began to eat and drink, at least he did. This use of voila lias already occurred, XIII., note 7.