A programme for those interested in brushing up their French
' Des Souris et des Hommes'
Script by Emile Harven and M. J. MacDonald
Maurice, who is the porter at the Paris hotel where Peter and Helen are staying, gives some useful advice on how to get their shooting-brake mended. They will have to go by train to Guise, near Laon, but they find difficulty in understanding the timetable.
La carrosserie, coach-building; ça vous va?, is that all right for you?; l'indicateur (l'horaire) des chemins de fer, railway timetable; la souris, mouse; la pantoufle, slipper; la correspondance, train connection; l'autorail, rail-car; la collegiale, collegiate church; le car, bus (in the country); l'autobus, bus (in town); un (train) omnibus, a stopping train; le billet aller-retour, return ticket; le billet simple, single ticket; ma fille cadette, my youngest daughter; la bourse, scholarship, grant; l'évêque, bishop.