After a few moments, Mr. Acquin said: "Stay with us, Remi. Do not return to your country. You will be happy here. You will work in my garden. And Capi will stay with us also."

Remi accepted the proposition. He stayed more than two years with Mr. Acquin.

QUARANTE-SIXIÈME LEÇON

LECTURE

I. Étude de mots

le chanteur, the singer. la fierté, the pride. la grêle, the hail. le motif, the motive. le renseignement, the information. la scène, the stage. le soleil, the sun. le succès, the success. ajouter, to add. amoindrir, to lessen. guérir, to recover. profaner, to profane. reprendre, to resume. célèbre, celebrated. fameu-x, ~se, famous. glacial, ~e, freezing, icy. il y a quarante ans, forty years ago. satisfait, ~e, satisfied. savant, ~e, trained, learned. véritable, real, true.

II. Carlo Balzani