reprit Xanthus, qui pretendait l'embarrasser, achete-moi
demain ce qu'il y a de pire: ces memes personnes viendront chez
moi, et je veux diversifier."

Le lendemain, Esope ne fit encore servir que des langues, disant
que la langue est la pire chose qui soit[1] au monde: "C'est la
mere de tous les debats, la nourrice de tolls les proces, la
source des divisions et des guerres. Si elle est l'organe de
la verite, elle est aussi celle de l'erreur, et, qui pis est,
de la calomnie. Par elle, on detruit les villes: si, d'un cote,
elle loue les dieux, de l'autre, elle est l'organe du blaspheme
et de l'impiete."

Les langues d'Esope sont restees celebres pour designer ce qui,
pouvant etre envisage sous deux aspects opposes, donne prise
egalement a la louange et a la critique.

[Footnote 1: Why subjunctive?]

Quelle est la morale de cette anecdote?

GRAMMAR REVIEW.--LESSON XXIV

Tenses used with _depuis, voici (voila)... que, il y a... que;
pendant_.--Future with _quand, lorsque, aussitot que, des
que_.--Inverted order after expressions such as _a peine, aussi_,
etc., and after direct quotations.

EXAMPLES

Il est ici depuis un mois. He has been here for a month.
Il a parle pendant une heure. He talked for an hour (but has
stopped).
Voici une heure que je vous I have been waiting for you an
attends. hour.
Elle travaillait depuis une heure. She had been working for an hour.
Aussitot qu'il arrivera, je le As soon as he comes, I'll tell him.
lui dirai.
A peine mon frere fut-il parti... Hardly had my brother gone...

A. 1. He has been in business for two years. 2. How long[1] had
you been waiting for me? 3. It was more than a year that he had
been busy[2] with that affair. 4. It has been a long time that
he has been here. 5. He could hardly finish the service. 6. The
curate saw him take the money, therefore he went straight to him
and accused him of theft. 7. "You have stolen," he said to him.
8. As soon as[3] I have finished, I shall go and speak to him. 9.
I shall stop in Paris for two weeks. 10. I had been there a long
time, when he arrived. 11. As soon as[4] I arrive, I shall tell
him to start on his way. 12. At the end of a certain time, they
gave up the project. 13. In vain did he look for the merchant.
14. Perhaps he will do that for me. 15. Scarcely had he entered,
when he saw the lady that he had been lookin