quoi que. Do not confuse with quoique

Page 113. — 3—4. Chronique de Nurenberg, Liber cronicarum, by Hartmann Schedel, printed at Nuremberg in 1493.

NOTES

9-10. homme . . . imagination. The old scholar mistakenly believes that he has no imagination.

13-14. un genou . . . attitude, refers to the side saddle universally used by women until recent years.

15-16. Hyde-Park, bois de Boulogne, parks respectively in London and near Paris.

Page 116. — 14. eût noirci. See note on page 5, line 27.

Page 116. — ■ 1 1 . Pour . . . être. Even if one is. See note on page 7, line 6.

12. Madame Récamier (1777-1849), famous for her beauty, tact, and gentle coquetry.

13. J.-J. Ampère (1800-1864), man of letters, son of the famous scientist; one of Mme Récamier’s many victims.

22. vis, had seen. The past definite sometimes has practically the force of the pluperfect.