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been able to find an opportunity of sending it to us.-Do you make your own boots, Mr. Richard ?-No, sir, I have them made by the shoemaker; but my good friend Charles makes all his own boots and clothes. Who has told you that my uncle intends setting out?-He has told me himself. I do not believe that being true at all, because my good uncle often lies.-Is this coat quite new ?—No, madam, I have worn it these five years and a half.—Do like the blue colour?-Yes, but I like better green clothes. -Who has cut your hair?—I have cut my own hair.Did you travel much last year?—Yes, sir; I was in France and in Italy.-Excuse, sir, that I come so late; but somebody was at my house to speak on business, and I could not send him away.-Who has dressed my sister's boy?—He has dressed himself.-Have you asked my friend for the thousand florins you had the kindness to lend him last year?-Yes, I have asked him for it, but he says that he is not able to give it me back; that he wants some more money, and that he intends borrowing it from your brother.-I fear that my brother will not lend him anything, because he is not rich, and wants himself the little money he has.-Have you not yet had an opportunity of speaking to my enemy?—No, but I shall go to him to-night. But I think he is oftener at the theatre than at home in the evening.-If I do not find him at home, I, too, shall go to the theatre.-Have you heard, that my mother's cook fell down stairs and broke her leg yesterday? I was told so, but I would not believe it, till I had spoken to you: now I believe it; poor woman!— Have you been able to understand what the teacher has told us to-day?—No, he speaks too fast; but I have told him to speak slowlier.

TEMA 95.

Is it true that you have sold your garden, madam?— No; I have, on the contrary, bought another, and I intend building a five-storied house now.-There are only two five-storied houses in the whole town.-Well, mine

will be the third.-I thank you, sir, that you have taken so great pains for me.-What are you going to do now? -I am going to write to my neighbour Robert, who is at Paris. What will you write to him?-I will ask him for my trunk; I lent it him for a fortnight, eight months ago, and he does not send it me back. To whom does this new shop belong?-To our friend, the Polish merchant.-Has he many customers?-Yes, because in no place there is so good coffee, sugar, corn, and oil to be found, as there.-How many lessons have you learned by heart? When I have done this, I shall have learned five. How much does it want to half past eight? Only five minutes. Will you come and take a cup of tea at my house to-night? With great pleasure; if you permit, I shall bring my little brother, too; he loves me so much, that I go nowhere without him.-On what floor do you live?—I live on the second floor.-Have you hurt your elbow?—Yes, a little.-How is the weather to-day ?--It is very dull weather.-Is dinner ready?-Not yet, sir, but it will be ready directly.--What was your sister doing; when you came home?-She was writing to her good friend Henry.-How much more money shall you have left, when you have paid for your boots?-Very little, I shall have left only five florins.-Do you know your lesson? I knew it, but I have already forgotten it.—When and where have you made Capitain Blumsy's acquaintance? -I made his acquaintance at the theatre last year. How do you like him?-I like him very much; he is a very clever man, he plays well the flute and the harpsichord, dances well, speaks five languages and is always satisfied, when he can do a favour to a friend of his.-Is he married? No, he loves ladies very much; but he says that he will never get married.-Why?-The friend of his youth, whom he loved more than himself, married another, his greatest enemy.-And why ?-Because being invited one evening to a ball together with her, he did not dance the whole evening with her, and told her that he had the head-ache.

TEMA 96.

A lawyer being sick, made his last will, and gave all his money to fools and mad-men.-Being asked why he did so, he said, "From such I had it, and to such I give it again."—A friend of mine, hearing an acquaintance say according to the Italian proverb, that three women make a market with their chattering, said: Well, add my wife to them, and they will make a fair.-Why have you not yet explained this rule to your pupils?-Because they have so many others to learn and they are so lazy, that I thought it was better not to explain it to them yet.Do you believe they will succeed in learning the French language? Perhaps, but then they will be obliged to study more. They play rather than study, and therefore they are wrong; but I will have them chastised and then they will perhaps like better to study.-Why have you torn your coat, sir?-Because it does not fit me.-And why not send it rather back to the tailor?-Because I have no mind. Have you written to your friend without your father's knowing it ?-No, he knew it.--Had you played upon the flute before your sister's going to the theatre ?—No, sir, we read together a very useful book: The Italian proverbs by Giusti; and when she went to the theatre, I played upon the flute till my father came home.-Have you already read the whole book I have lent you? Not yet, I have no time, because I am learning English, and as without studying one cannot learn anything, I read and write all the day.-Can I see Milan from Venice?-You are mad, that is impossible.--Doctor, may I drink wine to dinner?-No, sir, you must not; you drink too much and that is not healthy.-Did you go out together with your sister yesterday?—No, madam, I went out after her going to the theatre.-Are you tired with walking?-No, I can walk six hours, without being tired. You may come and see us if you have time.-I have been able to keep my promise.-I sought you every where, but I could not find you.-Rather than build a

new house, you had better buy one.-Why? Because houses are very cheap now.-Well, but add a little more money and you build a new one.-Excuse, sir; but you are a fool.

TEMA 97.

At what o'clock will you go to take a walk this afternoon? At half past six.-Why do you not go earlier?Because it is too warm.-Is it true that your father has made his last will?-I do not know whether it is true; the lawyer has been here this morning and they have written together long, but I do not know what. - Can you tell me, when our English teacher will arrive?-I cannot tell you, because I do not know.-Pay attention, otherwise you will tear my coat!-My little brother went to the theatre last night, without our parents' knowing it.Have they chastised him after his coming home?-Yes, they have beaten him; but he has been beaten so many times, that it appears no more a chastisement to him.Have you succeeded in finding the Spanish merchant, who sells so cheap?-I have not been able to find him.Charles, ask your mother, whether you may come with me to the theatre to-night.-I have not the courage to ask her, because I have not done my exercises to-day.I had already spoken to the Dutch locksmith, before your telling me that he had arrived. I will rather tear this coat than give it to so lazy a servant as mine.-Have you drunk all the wine, that was in the bottle?-Yes, sir; the bottle is empty now. Have you had an opportunity of speaking to my enemy Henry?-I saw him the day before yesterday; but I could not speak to him, because he was with two strangers. Have you undressed already?—Not yet. What do you do in the morning after washing?—I dress, breakfast, and go out.-Do you not wash yourself? No, sir, I never wash myself in the morning, I wash myself before dinner. I ask your pardon, sir; but if anybody washes himself before dinner, instead of washing himself in the morning, he must be mad.—I

think, too, that I am mad, because all the town say so. -What were you going to do last night, when I came to your house?—I was going to write to my good friend Robert.-Is he your best friend?-Yes, he is my best friend, because he is the most sincere. Of what does a man think, when he is thinking of nothing?-Of a woman's promise. Has a woman already promised you anything? Yes, sir; my first wife always promised me to give me a house, and I hoped so, but she has not kept her word.-Was she so bad?-Yes, she always wanted to be right.

TEMA 98.

The little Pastry-cook.

I was going to take a walk, the other day, and saw a little girl only six years old, sitting in the street, with a table before her, covered with all sorts of tarts and cakes; I stopped and bought a cake, not because I wanted it, but because I wished to talk to the little girl and I did not like to talk to her without buying anything.

When I had bought the cake and paid for it, I said: "Have you a father and mother, my little girl?" „I have a mother," said she, „but my father is dead; and I have many brothers and sisters." Is your mother very poor?" said I. Yes, sir," replied the little girl, but my mother and all my brothers and sisters work at anything we can receive to do, and therefore we do not want anything." (To be concluded.)-Good morning, Mr. A., sit down, if you please! No, I thank you, I have no time.-Does that cloth my brother has sent you suffice to you?—No, madam, I shall buy some other.-Do you think that my uncle Charles will arrive to-night?—I doubt much that he will arrive; he wrote to me two months ago that he had much more business.-How long have you been waiting for your friend Mary?—I have been waiting for her these two hours and a half; but she does not come yet.