soldats de marine* Marine is the technical term for

* Navy ; ' soldats de marine means, therefore, lit. ' naval soldiers,' «.«•

* Marines.'

lia

69. comme Vont eru quelques uns. For the inversion, see note to 89, 1. 10. Do not translate le, which refers to the previous verb. Of. je n*y manquerai pas, 101 ; or, e.g., je vous ai éprit comm^ je vous Vai promis, * i have written to you as I promised you (it, viz. that I would write).'