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Page 87 line I— Personne : Nobody. With omission of the négative, see p. 13, 1. 18.

87 14— Espérant m'en faire un appui : In the hope that

he would befriend me (help me, support me). Appui, from appuyer, Low Lat. appdiare, from pdiuni (a balcon y, in Pliny ; a base, pedestal, in other writers). Podium has produced pui, as hodie has hui in aujourd'hui,

88 I — Qu'il entre ! Show him in !