lui dit le doyen. See note to 1. 12, p. i

15 — i'ai pensé. The use of the compound tense (Past Indetinite), does not correspond wholly with the use of the Présent Perfect in Engh'sh. Often, as hère, ( 'I thought') it must be translated by the simple Past. •

il — beaucoup à SOUfflir. Not to be translated by the infinilive in -ing, but by the infinitive with 'to.'

25— s'avise. The historical Présent. French perniiis a freer use ofthis tense side by side with past tenscs than is customary in English.

3. 2 — que fais-tu ? The master addresses the servant with the familiar tu.

The servant replies in 1. 3 in the more formai and respectful 2 plur. 6— Frédéric le Grand. Frédéric the Great, King of Prussia, reigned

from 1740 till 1786. By his many wars he greatly increa<^ed the

power and importance of Prussia 7 — dans la gêne, * in poverty.' The def. art. is used with a noun in a

gênerai sensé in French, though not commonly se used in English. 9— il rencontre. See note to I. 25, p. 2. TO— comment avez-vous trouvé ?, ' how did you like Y See

note to 1. 15, p. 2.

13 — quand vint la fête, etc. Inversion of verb and subject often

takes place in subordinate clauses after snch words as quand, que,

où,, etc , especially if the subject be long. 14— avec ces mots en tête du livre, freely, • with thèse words

inscribed on the book,' if>- J?rand ennemi. A Fr. apposition corresponding to the Eng.

apposition- with *a' commonly omits the article. i8 — n'osant. See note to 1. 4, p. 2. 9.1 — rat. See note to 1. 16 above.

22— et cela plus tôt que plus tard, * and the sooner the beiler,'

4. 2— à lui sauver la vie, 'insaving hislife,' Note this method of

expressing possession by the use of the indirect object and article, common in French.