devant lui, *straight ahead

19. 4— un brave homme d'ouvrier, ' a worthy working-man.' 7— rue des Abbesses. The nantie of a little street in Montmartre

one of the poorer districts of Paris, ■ • .•:-<• 3- :-

mourait, * was wasting away.'

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1©. 14- -depuis is an adverb hère. »

18— jeter, * throw away. '

23— entendît. Conjunctions that dénote purpose are followed by the subjunctive.

«4— depuis deux jours il inquiétait le médecin, ' for two

days he had made the doctoruneasy.' Note the différence in tense in the French and English constructions.

28— laissant ballotter sa tête maigre sur le traversin,

' letting his emaciated head (refers particularly to * face ') roll on the bolster. ' 20. I — Là-haut, ' up yonder ' (in Heaven). 2 lui. See note to 1. 20, p. 14.

15 le dimanche, 'onSundays.'

"^ — Champs-Elysées. A public garden in Pans just west of the Place de la Concorde. In it are many places of amusement such as Punch and Judy {Guignol) shows, café'; chantants, etc. La ficelle is the cord fdrming the enclosure containing the seats for the children who pay to see Punch and Judy.

23— nous en avons vu un, un général, 'wesaw a gênerai.'

The reader will hâve observed the fréquent use of redundant constructions : i^a c'est, 1. 13, 1. 14, and elsewhere in this story vvhich is représentative of the coUoquial style. " — en. The French are careful not to omit the en before the verb if the noun is omitted after : ' How many apples hâve you ? I hâve three. ' Combien de pommes avez-vons ? — J^en ai trois.

24— bois de Boulogne. A large public parle just outside the fortifications on the west side of Paris.

25— un pour de vrai, 'arealone.'