je nage à rendre des points aux marsouins, moi. ' i

could teach porpoises a thingor two about swimming, / could.' 5 — l'affaire de Tréport. A French town on the English Channel.

The référence is probably to some battle in which Bruno and

Didier had been engaged.

13 — était, ' had been.' See note to 1. 24, p. 19, 19— j'ai SU, ' I leamed.'

20— j'ai retrouvé la montre du neveu. ' I found my nephew's

watch.' Note the use of the Past Indefinite (not the Past Definite), in conversation. Note also the use of the article for the Possessive Adjective.

29— put retrouver la parole, ' was able to speak again.

37. 2- elle était tout entière à la reconnaissance du, freely;

' bhe was ail thankfulness for the. ' 6 — bien, ' indeed,' ' it is truè.'

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37. 14— gagnées de cœur, lit. , ' won over with respect to their hearts. '

i.e., 'with their hearts won over.' 22 — flstot. A popular and affectionate dim. oîjils. Conf. the English ' sonny.'

27 — faire, ' fix.'

31— fit un geste de contrariété, 'showed that he was annoyed.'

38. I— c'est jouer de malheur, 'it's nothing but misfortunes.'

5- — été feJlt— aurait éié fait. Note the use of the imperfect for Past

Conditional, 22— qu'avait fait naître son retour, 'which his return had aroused.'