lacant par erreur un son dur:
"Elle etait-z-a la campagne" pour "Elle etait a," etc. A l'origine,
ce mot velours s'employait par opposition a cuir, parce que souvent
le premier donnait l'idee d'une chose plus douce que le second.

Pataques se dit specialement de l'emploi errone d'un "t" pour un
"s." Son origine est, dit-on, la suivante: Un etudiant, assis au
theatre pres de deux dames, trouve un eventail sous sa main. Il dit
a la premiere dame: "Est-il a vous, Madame?--Il n'est point-z-a
moi, Monsieur.--Est-il a vous, Madame? reprend-il en s'adressant
a la seconde.--Il n'est pas-t-a moi, dit-elle.--Puisqu'il n'est
point-z-a vous et qu'il n'est pas-t-a cette dame que voici, je
ne sais pas-t-a qu'est-ce!" dit l'etudiant en riant.

Expliquez les termes: cuir, velours, pataques.

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XIV

Review possessive pronouns.--Order in interrogative
sentences.--Definite article used for possessive adjective.

EXAMPLES

Est-il arrive? Has he arrived?
Votre pere le sait-il? Does your father know it?
Jean a-t-il des plumes? Has John any pens?
Combien ces montres How much do these watches cost?
coutent-elles?
Comment votre mere a-t-elle su la How did your mother learn of the
chose? affair?
Pourquoi cet homme est-il venu? Why has this man come?
Il leva la tete. He raised his head.
Je me suis brosse les dents. I brushed my teeth.

A. 1. Did Pope have crooked legs? 2. Was he a[1] hunchback? 3.
Did the peasant girl succeed in[2] hiring out? 4. Where did she
visit? 5. Wasn't the lady's brain a little "off" (cracked)? 6.
Why has the servant come back? 7. I like my profession better
than yours. 8. That[3] is because you are a little soft-hearted.
9. When did the doctor put this book into your hands? 10. He
has his mind full of the thing, hasn't he?[4] 11. The dog made
a severe wound in my arm. 12. Is this cat yours or theirs? 13.
I have a dog of my own.[5] 14. Don't stop up your ears, will
you?[4] 15. The Spaniard had dirty hands, dirtier even[6] than
mine. 16. I am going to take you to my house. 17. You may wash
your hands, if you wish. 18. The fan isn't mine, it is my mother's,

[Footnotes 1: _omit_. 2: a. 3: ce. 4: n'est-ce pas? 5: a moi.
6: meme.]

B. Word Study. In the following anecdote, substitute equivalents
for expressions in italics:

81. JUSTICE DE SOLIMAN

_Comme_ Soliman,