27. faites que je puisse. _Faire_ in the imperative is followed
by the subjunctive, elsewhere by the indicative (_c'est ce qui fait que
cela va mal_), but notice that _faites attention_ takes the indicative
(_faites attention qu'il est là_).
114.--19. je n'ai pas entendu chanter le coq. See Matthew
xvi, 34 ff.
116.--9. en l'air. _En_ is never used before _les_; it is
rarely used before the singular definite article, when it is so used the
article is usually elided. In those cases where _en_ is not used, _dans_
takes its place; _en_ was more frequently used in former times, it is
now largely limited to fixed phrases. The following distinctions should
also be observed: _je ferai cet ouvrage en deux jours_ (two days will be
required), _je ferai cet ouvrage dans deux jours_ (after two days have
elapsed).
117.--7. rang par rang... quand on danse. As in the dance
called the _farandole_, where a number of people join bands and dance in
a long line.
16. le meunier. The French have always ridiculed the millers; cf.
the proverb: _il n'y a rien de plus hardi que la chemise d'un meunier,
parce qu'elle prend, tous les matins, un fripon au collier_; also, _il
s'est fait d'évêque meunier_, said when one has fallen from a good
position to a poorer one.
118.--4. le. This pronoun does not refer to _histoire_,
but to all that has been told. This paragraph has not been added by
Daudet, but occurs in the Provençal version.