SCÈNE VII

Page 23. — 23. te. Note the familiar form which Pontbichet uses insultingly. He continues to use this until he is pleased.

23. beau masque. Pontbichet has not yet forgotten what Colardeau has had to say about the Mardi Gras.

Page 24. — 10. Comment l’ entendez-vous. What's that you say ?

Page 25. — 16. second. The older distinction, which did not always exist outside of the grammars, that second was the second of two, and deuxieme of a series certainly does not hold today. Deuxieme is always used in compound numerals, while second is perhaps the popular word for second, although deuxieme is very frequently used also.

24. brebis. Translate simpleton, but see vocabulary for its original and literal meaning.

Page 26. — 4. ne. We have here the so-called pleonastic ne. A good many expressions, à moins que among them, take the subjunctive mood with the verb preceded by a ne which can not be translated into English.

12. mis la tête sous l’aile. hypnotized him, as one can do to chickens by putting their heads under their wings and gently rocking them to and fro for a few moments.