10. There were so many beautiful things that it was hard to choose.

9. She married a man with a lot of money.

8. And a new dress costs over four hundred francs.

7. Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a necklace of yours?

6. Oh, come, Mathilde. Surely you can tell an old friend.

5. Years of hard work, very little food, only a small cold room to live in and never, never a moment’s rest?

4. That’s because of hard work-ten years of hard work.

3. Have times been hard for you?

2. The three friends have gone to bed and are trying to fall asleep.

1. Three friends have been hiking in the mountains all day.