MASTER FOX AND MASTER WOLF

45. 4 -force has the value of an adverb of quantity, ' many,' but is not

followed by de before the noun as other expressions of quantity

regularly are, e.g. , beaucoup de victoires. 6— paraît-il. Inversion similar to dit-il, etc. , in quotations. 8— à se jouer des tours, ' in playing tricks on one another.'

10— A compère féroce, compère rusé. Constructed in imitation of the saying : à bon chat bon rat^ 'he gave him as good as he got.*

17— Sa^ ' one's.' 46. 4— va pour le dehors, ' ail right, Wike the outside.'

X4— Tiens, 'Rpo ihei-e.'