fermés à clef, kepi under lock and key

Page 2. — I. porté pour chef d'escadrons, recommended for a majorship. Porter, as a military term,«"to inscribe," "carry" (as on a muster roU), hence "to recommend" (for promotion, etc.).

Page 3. — I. dormirait. It will be observed that the condîtional denoting probability, conjecture, or possibility in questions and exclamations is used freely throughout this text. It should be translated by can or could, as the case demands.

2. que. To avoid répétition que often replaces another conjunction, hère parce que.