hand on his lips. 8. Baia dropped the
amber mouthpiece without saying anything. 9. The only thing you ('on')
could see any more was her white neck. 10. If you looked at her, she would
laugh.

_QUESTIONS_

1. Qu'est-ce qu'Ali a fait? 2. Qu'est-ce que la negresse a fait?
3. Pourquoi semblait-il a Tartarin que ce n'etait pas la dame qu'il avait
vue dans l'omnibus? 4. Ce soupcon est-il reste longtemps dans son esprit?
5. Quelle etait l'apparence de la dame? 6. Qu'est-ce que Tartarin a fait
en entrant? 7. Qu'est-ce que Baia a fait? 8. Qu'est-ce qu'on entendait
chez les cafetiers algeriens? 9. Depuis combien de temps Tartarin a-t-il
quitte Alger? 10. Comment les Maures causaient-ils entre eux?

_XIII

TRANSLATION_

1. He refused to believe that, although the insinuation awakened
melancholy in his great soul. 2. He found nobody who seemed ugly to him.
3. Sit down near the fountain, although you are a prey to remorse. 4. We
hear from Tarascon that they have not heard from you for many months.
5. What has become of you? 6. So many of our fellow-countrymen gave some
that I scarcely dare to ask them for it. 7. However, when they came to the
fair they claimed to have known over there a man whose description tallied
with his. 8. He was making for Paris. 9. When he had read that, Tartarin
was ashamed of himself. 10. You think he is hunting lions in Africa.

_QUESTIONS_

1. En quittant Barbassou ou est-ce que Tartarin s'est dirige? 2. Quel
etait l'effet des jurons du capitaine? 3. En arrivant a la maison
qu'est-ce que Tartarin a fait? 4. Comment a-t-il appris ce qu'on pensait
de lui a Tarascon? 5. Que pensait-on de lui? 6. Quel etait le sort de
beaucoup d'autres qui etaient partis pour chasser les lions? 7. Les
marchands negres que pretendaient-ils? 8. Qu'est-ce que Tartarin a fait
apres avoir lu le journal? 9. Qu'est-ce qui lui a apparu? 10. Pourquoi
avait-il honte de lui-meme?

_XIV

TRANSLATION_

1. Is he going to begrudge me good horses? Never! 2. Nobody treats me well
any more. 3. It's beginning again! 4. Instead of biting each other they
would do well to take a roundabout way across the plains and stop at a
farm. 5. If they did not fight, they would be able to make up lost time.
6. After which, he swam the river. 7. If you get wet, you will catch cold.
8. At night he feared the marauders, for he had to sleep under the open
sky. 9. You could not lead the life I lead. 10. He could not do anything
else.

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