A Key to the Exercises Contained in Merlet's French Grammar

Daddy keeps them out there to guard against prowlers. They're not leashed or anything. I'm afraid of them. They could tear me apart if they took it into their heads. So I don't think we'd better…" "I'll show you how to handle brutes!" Lynn snapped with enormous self-possession. "Just let me show you!" By now they were outside the Anstruthers' brownstone. Toddie let herself in with her key. The house was silent, as it had been for days. Mr. and Mrs. Anstruther were spending the weekend in Bermuda. So the girls were completely alone. Toddie led Lynn to the French doors separating the downstairs livingroom from the garden. The animals were in plain sight. They roved about the garden, sniffing suspiciously at every bush. Lynn had to agree they were a pair of real monsters. One was a ferocious looking police dog. The other was a mastiff. "I'll handle them," Lynn announced. "Toddie, have you got some chopped meat in the refrigerator?" Toddie didn't ask any questions. She found a plate in the refrigerator containing about a pound of hamburger ...»