XVII
ACT II, SCENE X
1. The sight of these bottomless pits makes you shudder. 2. How many is there room for in a French railroad carriage? 3. If it pours, I shall put on my waterproof. 4. What[1] would life be without its tender emotions? 5. Miss Perrichon had several offers of marriage. 6. I cannot ride on the coach-box when it rains hard. 7. There was a landslide here this morning. 8. You have got the inside track, haven't you? 9. An offer of marriage often excites the mother as much as the daughter.10. But for you I should never have had the pleasure of saving myfellow-man. 11. Will you take a seat in my carriage? 12. When the sun is bright[2] it is better to be on the box than inside.
[1: que.] [2: beau, tr. «By a bright sun.»]
XVIII
ACT III, SCENES I AND II
1. When the master and mistress come home, the cook gets dinner ready. 2. The man[1] puts up the curtains, sweeps the rooms, dusts thefurniture, the tables, armchairs, and sofas. 3. «There's the bell! It isthey!» «Nonsense, it is not yet twelve.» «Yes[2], it is they. I know master's ring.» 4. What a lot of bandboxes and valises they have! 5. When we get home again after a trip, we find on the table all the letters, visiting-cards, and newspapers that have come for us while we were away. 6. People do not return stouter when they have not had a pleasant trip. 7. «May I relieve you of your parcels?»—«Why, certainly!» 8. We owe him a call: he came every day to inquire when we should be back, and is to call again to-day.
[1: domestique; m.] [2: Si.]