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I II s'agit évidemment d'une soirée . .. The point in question is evidently a party . . .

16 n'y tenant plus, je .. . sors ... à tâtons , unable to endure it any longer, I grope my way out.

20 au premier , to the first floor [the word étage is understood].

8 m'habita , remained vvith me.

26 je les sentais se préciser et s'affirmer, le soir . . . ,

as evening fell they asserted themselves more distinctly . . .

29 il va faire béate, it is going to be fine.

3 ils ne prennent pas les devants, they are not the precursors [of the weather].

7 elle gardait tm vif sentiment des hiérarchies, she

held strong opinions on the subject of precedence.

I je courais de l'avant, et, . . . fouillais deci delà le taillis, I ran on ahead and .... rummaged up and down the coppice.

30 en nage et en désordre, dripping wet and untidy. 14 toutes les pièces se commandaient, ail the rooms

led one into the other.

16 il prétendait ne recourir qu'à la prière, he refused to hâve recourse to anything but prayer.

20 il était en panne, it had corne to a stand-still.

12 je fis mine de repartir . . ., I made as if to

leave . . .

14 un inconvénient capital, an unfortunate ending. 3 sourde comme un pot, as deaf as a post.

27 la chère vieille se mettait en quatre, the dear

old lady gave herself a great deal of trouble.

8 Mais qu’est-ce que tu veux que ça lui fasse . . . ?

But what possible good can it do her ?

9 Té! le petit en mangera bien , lui! Oh ! well,

the boy will eat some, then !

21 II se néglige . . . He has become careless . . .

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