à se divertir. See note to

16— fut venu. This tense (Past Anterior) and not the Plupeifect, is commonly used after quand, lorsque, aussitôt que, etc. , unless habituai action in past time is implied.

îç— le. F^onouns referring to quelque chose are masculine, although the Word ^^É»j^ itself is féminine.

20— demanda-t-elle. See note to 1. 12.

,, — One of the important uses of the dash in French is to d.note a change

of interlocutor. 2. 4— Ne pouvait en sortir. Pas may be omitted after pouvoir,

o<;er, cesser, most frequently when followed by an infinitive. ..■„M-8--.desoends cher ami. Observe the use of the familiar 2 sMg ' ' by the animais in a fable when addressing each other.

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2. 9 — à, en boire. For b. boire, see note to L 6, p. i, /?» ^ ' of it.' ' -onie' ;

bctler translatée hcre perhaps by ' it.' 12 S-wift. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745). Distinguished satirist, author of several retnarkable books (Gulliver's Travels, etc.). MadeDean of St. Patrick 's, in Dublin, 1713.