ACT IV. SCENE V

1276. abord, arrivai, the substantive preserving hère the meaning of the verb aborder,

1279, tout bas, silently.

1289. les,' i. e., ambassadors. révoquer, disœvow, hère, y, i. e., the compact implied in 1288.

1291. œil, i. e., Andromache's. See 12, note.

1292. "piéy^miy forestalled. Cp. 441.

1293. m'arrêtai h.^ persisted in, continu ed in.

1294. voulus m'obstiner, was obstinately determined.

1295. jusques, iox jusque, in poetry. Compare encor for eticore, 182. 1297. coup funeste, yiï/fl/ destiny.

1299. That is : Pyrrhus impelled by passion, Andromache by maternai fear, will swear at the altar an eternal love against the will of both, for she feels it nobler to be true to Hector, and he to be true to Hermione. Thus passion is felt by Racine to be uncontrollable, fatal, wiUing against will. Cp. 98.

1303. loin now requires que and the subjunctive. Cp. 137.

1309. dépouillé d'artifice, frank, What foUows is a model of sarcasm.

131 T. Cp. 443.

1318. That is, to woo a Greek even while loving a Trojan.

1323. maître de soi. Modem usage prefers maître de lui,

1325, 1326. That is : I suppose it would flatter the vanity of your spouse if I called you perjurer and traitor. For the position of vous. cp. 128.

1329. Pleurante and expirante, 1334. For the form, see 86a après, for derrière.