eut. Compare line g. Translate * had received

27 — grand nombre. Vinually an adv. of quantity like beaucoup, etc., hence no article.

15. 2— comme s'il eût été Ta.OTt = comme s'il avait été mort. The

pluperfect subjunctive is the only tense of thesubjunctivewhich can be used after jï = * if. '

,, — çj^Q=^jusque à ce que, and hence, like thelatter, takes the subjunctive.

4 — à, I>eine fut-il. A peine, peut être, ainsi, and a few other expressions generally cause inversion of subject and verb. For tense see note to I. 16, p. I.

5— qu', 'when.' , , —un jeune étourdi de lapin. ' A young mad-cap of a rabbit. '

10— lapin de garenne, 'wild rabbit.'

ig-lui fit donner pour boire, 'sent eut a présent to him ' ; lit., ' caused to be given to him (something with vv^hich to get somethmg) to drink.'

21— un jour qu'il eut, 'one day when he had learned.' Note the modification of meaning in the past definite of savoir,

22 — devait, ' was to.' Devoir in this construction implies pre-arrangement, ,, — aller à la promenade, means to go out for pleasure or exercise, whether walking, riding. driving, or in any other way. Hère, as appears from the context, driving is meant.

26 — me laisser faire. The construction is loose, it is {vous n^avez qu'à) m£ laisser faire.

' 30— se noie- See note to 1. 9, p. 13.

31— mit la tête à la portière, ' put his head out of the carriagedoor.' See note to 1. 10, p. 7. ^