soins, efforts with P)rrrhus

807. de plus, what is more. She intends this as a contemptuous slur on the depth of his affection for her.

810. V. Cp. 5. She masks her real exultation so that she may still hâve Orestes to fall back on in case of need.

815. This line may hâve been suggested by Corneille, Agestlas^ V. m. I.

821. This idea was a commonplace at the Court of Louis XIV., but It is only a pretext hère.