côte. Do not confuse with côté
Page 34. — 15. à . . . que, if one considered only.
Page 35. — ■ 7-8. quand bien même. When followed by the conditional, même, quand même = even if.
16. Bélisaire, (c. 494-565) Belisarius, a famous Byzantine general.
Page 36. — 24. A la bonne heure, contracted from Vous venez à la bonne heîire, ‘You come at the right time,’ now an exclamation indicating satisfaction. Do not confuse with de bonne heure.
Page 37. — i. craignit . . . ne. Ne is regularly used after an affirmative verb of fearing because of an implied negative idea; if you fear that a thing will happen, you hope that it will not happen. Modern writers frequently omit this ne. Why is ne not used after a negative verb of fearing?
Page 38. — 31-32. que de voir. In this curious but very common construction, que, which is not translated, indicates that the following noun or infinitive is the logical subject of the preceding verb, of which the grammatical subject is c’.
Page 39. — 15. à I’enrvi. Do not confuse with envie. — pourvoir. Do not confuse with pouvoir.
Page 40. — 20. lassait. Do not confuse with laisser.
Page 41. — 3. en, for if, on account of it.
21. fût. By rule, the subjunctive is required after negative or interrogative verbs of knowing, believing, etc., but good writers today frequently use the indicative here.
NOTES
Page 43. — 2-8. épaisses draperies, confusion lumineuse. The position of the adjective, before or after the noun, is determined by many considerations, including euphony and rhythm, but the most important one is that of emphasis. The word to be stressed, noun or adjective, regularly follows the other. In line 2, we may assume from the general luxury of the fittings that the hangings were thick, hence épaisses, unemphatic, precedes. In lines 7-8, what is emphasized is the effect of light, hence lumineuse, emphatic, follows. On the same principle, explain the position of the adjectives in line 20.
Page 45. — 9. vertueux, tendre, preceding, because merely stock epithets, always characteristic of Tad and Dig.
Page 46. — 13. sans, hut for. Avoid thinking that sans always means ‘without.’
18. aruais . . . aimerais. Of two conditionals connected by que (which is itself not to be translated), the first equals the ifclause of a condition {even if I did not have this hope), and the second a result-clause (J should love).
ig. ne . . . que. Note that in the restrictive construction ne . . . que, unlike the true negatives (ne . . . pas, etc.), the que must immediately precede the expression limited, no matter how far it follows the verb.
Page 47. — 3. qu’, when. See note on page 8, line 4.
9-10. regrettait de, souffrait d’. See note on page ii, lines 18-19.
15. I’on, identical in meaning with on; used at the beginning of a senteflce or after a vowel-sound (si, ou, et, etc.). How do you know that the 1’ cannot possibly be the pronoun object?
Page 60. — 26. doit, must. See note on page 5, line 6.
