que . . . noir. See note on page 18, line

Page 27. — i. bien que. In what two ways are you sure that this is not the conjunction bien que?

9. brillantes, one of the frequent instances in modern French of a true present participle varying for gender and number, contrary to the rule as given in most grammars.

15-16. ne . . . plus que, no longer . . . anything hut. Ne... que is regularly ‘only,’ but when there is a second negative element such as plus, jamais, personne or rien, que signifies ‘any but,’ ‘anything but’ or ‘except.’

Page 28. — 30-32. Si . . . indispensable. A delightful example of Anatole France’s whimsical humor.

Page 30. — 7-8. C’est . . . suivre. Anatole France believed strongly in justice tempered with pity.

14. de la sorte. In this one idiom the definite article retains its original strong demonstrative force, this.