elle crut reconnaître : why the infinitive

14. avait fait observer : both observer and remarquer are only

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used for mental observation ; in the case of a verbal remark they should be preceded by the verb faire.

41. 15. pareil malheur : notice the fréquent omission of the in-

definite article before pareil.

24. de frênes : remember that names of trees, though féminine in Latin, are masculine in French, as well as the word arère itself.

, , 26. pieds nus : what is the peculiarity of ?iu f

42. I. n'était pas fille à . . : notice the omission of the article in

such expressions.

8. tu n'as pas entendu parler du chemin : entendre parler de, * to hear of ' ; entendre dire que . . , ' to hear that . . ' 16. m'est avis : a famihar locution. Cf. 'methinks. '

43. 17. quelque chose de seigneurial : quelque chose, ' something,'

is masculine, but quelque chose que, ' whatever thing, ' ' whatever,' is féminine — quelque chose qu'il ait faite. ,, 25. ravenelle, 'charlock,' a weed of the mustard family, growing among the corn, with a yellow flower.

44. 6. des landes : one of the words of German origin, the meaning

of which has undergone a change for the worse. Cf. rosse,

'jade,' from Germ. Ross (horse) ; bouquin, ' old book,' frora

Germ. Bue h (book).