VII
ACT I, SCENE VII
1. «When you are[1] in Lyons, shall I write to you at the Post Office?» 2. «Of course! But I shall be back soon.» 3. «If you think you will be back within a week, you might as well not go away at all.» 4. «That will do! I am going to-night. Let me know about[2] my mother's health.» 5. There is a man who is running off with my valise. 6. What a business it is[3] to travel! 7. «Where is my panama?» «I don't know!» «Oh, here it is!» 8. I was sorry to hear that you had not made it up with your old friend. 9. I find it is expensive to patch up quarrels.
[1: Use the future.] [2: Tr. «Give me news of.»] [3: Omit «it is» and insert que.]
VIII
ACT I, SCENE VIII
1. In France, when you check your baggage, they give you a paper[1] slip. 2. A bell rings[2] when the train is about to[3] start. 3. Thrifty people[4] put down[5] their traveling expenses in a note-book. 4. Those who forget where they have put their things[6] often scold others[7]. 5. «What is the proper tip for a porter?» «We might give him four cents, but let us make it ten cents.» 6. «I must have left my valise in the waiting-room. I will go after[8] it. 7. At last I have found it.» «It is time you had!» 8. When the bell rings, passengers run up, are stopped by the man at the waiting-room door who wants to see their tickets, and pass in.
[1: papier, m.] [2: sonner.] [3: aller.] [4: gens, pl.] [5: Tr.«write».] [6: affaire, f.] [7: les autres.] [8: aller chercher.]