M. le principal. ‘the headmaster.’ In French it is usual to prefix _monsieur, madame, mademoiselle_, etc., when speaking of a person to whom respect is due. Thus _Monsieur votre père, Madame votre mère_, but of course you would not say _Monsieur mon père_. Page 31. 9. Monsieur, ‘the young gentleman.’ 11. le fait est que: see note, p. 14 l. 31. 14. Veillon l’aîné, ‘Veillon major.’ 30. avant 89: i.e. before the French Revolution of 1789. Page 32. 6. matelassée, ‘padded.’ 10. tout au fond, ‘right at the end.’ 22. pâlotte et sèche, ‘rather pale and wizen.’ 27. pour le coup: see note, p. 5 l. 19. Page 33. 2. finit par: see note, p. 14 l. 29. 16. surveillant général: the duty of this official is not to teach but to supervise, i.e. to go round the school and see that masters and boys are doing their respective duties. 21. grinçaient, ‘jingled.’ Lit. _grincer_=‘to grind,’ ‘gnash.’ frinc! ‘clink!’ 26. s’agitèrent, ‘rattled.’ 28. allons donc! ‘nonsense!’ Page 34. 3. veut bien, ‘will be kind enough.’ Cf. note, p. 12 l. 29. 4. tutelle, ‘protection.’ _Tuteur, tutrice_=‘guardian’; ‘tutor’=_précepteur_. 8. sa bienveillance m’était acquise, ‘I could certainly rely upon his kindness.’ 11. il fallait les entendre, ‘you should have heard them.’ avec frénésie, ‘frantically.’ 15. couchiez: note _coucher_, ‘to spend the night’; _se coucher_, ‘to go to bed.’ 21. le règlement de la maison, ‘a copy of the school rules.’ 28. un peu de lune, ‘a moonbeam.’ 29. s’orienter, ‘to find one’s bearings’; lit. to find out where you are in relation to the ‘orient’ or ‘east’ and the other cardinal points. Page 35. 1. à mes côtés, ‘beside me.’ See note, p. 11 l. 3. 3. si rapide qu’elle eût été: note this use of _si . . que_ instead of _quelque . . que_, ‘however.’ In all such concessive sentences the subjunctive is necessary. 7. lunettes, ‘spectacles’; _la lunette_=telescope.’ 23. mince affaire, ‘easy matter.’ 26. disposition, ‘disposal,’ _not_ ‘disposition,’ which in French is generally rendered by _le caractère_ or _le naturel_. 29. avait l’air très bon enfant, ‘looked a very good fellow.’ Distinguish— _il a l’air bon_, ‘he looks kind.’ _il a bon air_, ‘he looks gentlemanly.’ 30. chemin faisant, ‘on the way.’ Page 36. 2. chasseurs d’Afrique, ‘African light cavalry.’ Cf. note, p. 85 l. 18. acheva de: trans. by an adverb, ‘completely.’ 5. force poignées de main, ‘a good deal of hand-shaking.’ What part of speech is _force_? 16. plus de toit . . plus do foyer: see note, p. 13 l. 9. _Foyer_=‘hearth,’ and in some phrases is used for ‘home.’ 18. misère: _not_ ‘misery.’ 20. à lui tout seul, ‘all by himself.’ 24. se mettre au courant de, ‘to post himself up in.’ 26. de la propre main de M. Viot, ‘in M. Viot’s own hand-writing.’ Page 37.