particulier bien famé, citizen of good repute

22. plus qu’un autre, avait la conscience nette, had an unusually clear conscience.

Page 81. — 10. si . . . et que. Where a conjunction is repeated in English, French generally uses que; when this que represents

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si, it is followed by the subjunctive (II, C, 3). The edition of 1829 had, however, et s’il voulait.

11. les bourres, wads, of tow or felt, etc., used to separate and keep in position powder and shot. At close range (as here), wad and bullet may strike the target simultaneously; at greater distances the wad falls down and the bullet goes on its way. arriveraient à deux d’entre nous, would hit two of us.

12. aussi sûr qu’une lettre à la poste, as surely as a posted letter reaches its destination.

25. Bonjour, frère. “ Buon giorno, fratello, salut ordinaire des Corses.” ( Author's Note.)

Page 82. — 10. l’aurait pu découvrir. It was formerly the rule to place the object of the infinitive before the verb that governs the infinitive.

16. Aussi as a conjunction means ‘ consequently,’ ‘ and so.’ Omit in translating this sentence.