Part 39 (1/2)

7. n.o.body seemed to know him, which greatly surprised me.

8. In reality he was an excellent man, although quick with his hands and loud of speech.

9. I really cannot understand why you lay the blame on me.

10. The revolutionists were not looked upon with much favour in the house.

11. My brother was scarcely two years older than myself.

12. What a singular man your friend is!

13. As far back as I can remember his eyes were always red.

14. You must start as soon as you can, without anybody knowing it.

II (pp. 6-10)

1. All that occurred on that day I still remember as if it had happened yesterday.

2. I had not been told of his departure, and they hardly suspected it either.

3. Although he played his part very well, if he had been asked what Robinson was, he would have been at a loss to answer.

4. My first business, on coming in, was to tell him that he must henceforth keep at home.

5. The richer one is, the more cares one has.

6. I tried in vain to make him say what was the matter with him.

7. The parrot, which my uncle had given me to be rid of its incessant talking, persisted in not speaking as soon as it was mine.

8. I had barely time to throw myself flat on my face behind a clump of oleanders.

9. I thought I recognized the porter's voice, which rea.s.sured me a little.

10. We were greatly afraid that they might chance to discover our hiding-place.

11. What would have become of us if they had remained a few minutes longer?

12. Luckily for him, nothing of the sort happened.

13. At the end of half an hour they retired without even suspecting that the island was inhabited.

14. As soon as they had gone, I ran and shut myself up in my hut.

15. My father, who had gone on before, had already been in Lyons for a week.

III (pp. 11-15)

1. I should have liked that day to have lasted for ever.

2. Several big boats were going down stream.

3. Groping his way towards us, he cried out, ”Who goes there?”

4. The noise was so great that you could hear it a mile off.

5. The next day, when I sent for it, it was not to be found anywhere.

6. The more of those horrid creatures she killed, the more there came.

7. The poor girl, who loved my mother pa.s.sionately, could not make up her mind to leave us.

8. We had to put her on board by force, and as soon as she arrived in the south, she married there from sheer despair.

9. My parents did not take another servant, which seemed to me the depth of poverty.

10. If you are not happy, I a.s.sure you that I am not either.

11. Everybody had at length taken a dislike to him.

12. It is no use your telling him not to do it, he will do it all the same.

13. Why do you not want me to go with them?

14. I hope (_use a conjunction instead of a verb_) nothing has happened to him!

IV (pp. 16-20)

1. Where are the children? Go and see what has become of them.

2. We had been in Lyons for about two months when our parents thought of our studies.

3. What struck me most on my arrival was that I was the only one that wore a blouse.