quand j'aurai de ses nouvelles, when I shdl hâve

nevx from him, 94* — 8. deux nuits sur trois, Hoo nights oui of three. Note the

peculiar use of sur, * upon,' in such expressions. 11. Du reste, however, 17. qui l'avait si souvent brusquée, who had 8o oflen

spoken to her aharply. Note the féminine form of brusquée^

the f ( =» ^) being a direct object in French. See Less.

51, ziii. 2.

95* — 4. écrivait le fifentilhomme, etc. Note that parentheti-

cal expressions, such as * said he,' etc., and even longer

ones, like this, ending with du monde, 95-6, are not

in French usually distinguished by quotation marks from

the'rest of the quotation.