31, 13. "_Ah, mon Dieu! quel amour d'enfant! Oh! gardons-le!_"--"Ah, my Lord! what a love of a child! Oh! let us keep him!" 32, 5. _cæteris paribus_--other things being equal. 34, 19. _à propos_--seasonable. 35, 3. _chaire_--master's raised desk. 35, 6. _recueillement_--contemplation. 35, 11. "_Non, m'sieur, je n'dors pas. J' travaille._"--"No, sir, I'm not asleep. I'm working." 36, 1. _à la porte_--to leave the room. 36, 14. _On demande Monsieur Josselin au parloir_--Mr. Josselin is Wanted in the parlor. 36, 24. _pensum_--a task. 36, 31. _maître de mathématiques_ (_et de cosmographie_)--teacher of mathematics (and cosmography). 37, 17. _Mes compliments_--My compliments. 38, 5. "_Quelquefois je sais ... il n'y a pas à s'y tromper!_"--"Sometimes I know--sometimes I don't--but when I know, I know, and there is no mistake about it!" 38, 18. "_À l'amandier!_"--"At the almond-tree!" 38, 21. _la balle au camp_--French baseball. 39, 6. _aussi simple que bonjour_--as easy as saying good-day. 40, 17. "_C'était pour Monsieur Josselin._"--"It was for Mr. Josselin!" 41, 11. _quorum pars magna fui_--of which I was a great part. 41, 16. _bourgeois gentilhomme_--citizen gentleman. (The title of one of Molière's comedies in which M. Jourdain is the principal character.) 42, 29. _Dis donc_--Say now. 43, 4. "_Ma foi, non! c'est pas pour ça!_"--"My word, no! it isn't for that!" 43, 5. "_Pourquoi, alors?_"--"Why, then?" 43, 21. _Jolivet trois_--the third Jolivet. 44, 2. _au rabais_--at bargain sales. 44, 32. "_Comme c'est bête, de s'battre, hein?_"--"How stupid it is to fight, eh?" 45, 9. _tuum et meum_--thine and mine. 45, 19. _magnifique_--magnificent. 45, 32. _La quatrième Dimension_--The fourth Dimension. 46, 14. _Étoiles mortes_--Dead Stars. 46, 15. _Les Trépassées de François Villon_--The Dead of François Villon. 46, 29. _École des Ponts et Chaussées_--School of Bridges and Roads. 47, 8. _en cachette_--in hiding. _Quelle sacrée pose!_--What a damned bluff! 47, 12. "_Dis donc, Maurice!--prête-moi ton Ivanhoé!_"--"Say now, Maurice!--lend me your _Ivanhoe_!" 47, 20. "_Rapaud, comment dit-on 'pouvoir' en anglais?_"--"Rapaud, how do they say 'to be able' in English?" 47, 21. "_Sais pas, m'sieur!_"--"Don't know, sir!" 47, 22. "_Comment, petit crétin, tu ne sais pas!_"--"What, little idiot, you don't know!" 47, 26. "_Je n' sais pas!_"--"I don't know!" 47, 27. "_Et toi, Maurice_"--"And you, Maurice?" 47, 28. "_Ça se dit 'to be able' m'sieur!_"--"They would say 'to be able,' sir!" 47, 29. "_Mais non, mon ami ... 'je voudrais pouvoir'?_"--"Why no, my friend--you forget your native language--they would say 'to can'! Now, how would you say, 'I would like to be able' in English?"