Je crains que le cheval de Monsieur ne soit malade

Verbs of fearing, like other verbs expressing emotion, are regularly followed by the subjunctive (II, A, 2).

16. Je voudrais que Monsieur le vît. Subjunctive after verbs of will (II, A, 1). ce qu’il faut lui faire, what to do for him.

20. au point où nous en étions, as matters stood. For en see note to page 7, line 4.

Page 12. — 9. Dès que j’en eus compris la nature. The past anterior is used in written French of a completed action, generally immediately preceding another action which is in the past definite. It is so used after aussitôt que, dès que, sitôt que, ‘as soon as’; alors que, lorsque, quand, ‘ when ’; and après que, ‘ after.’

10. à la belle étoile, like the longer and less common coucher à l’enseigne de l’étoile, is an ironical phrase properly meaning ‘put up at the Star Inn,’ that is ‘ (sleep) in the open air.’