Il n’y avait qu’un . . . Only a

Page 83. — 6. Camarade, donne-moi à boire. Gianetto prefers to ask a favor from his straightforward enemies and thereby brings out very effectively the baseness of Fortunato’s betrayal.

10. de manière qu’il les eût croisées, so that they would he crossed . . .

Page 84.- — 11. yeux de lynx. In ancient and medieval times lynxes were believed to see through opaque objects, such as stone walls, just as cats are still popularly believed to see in the dark, a notion which has been scientifically disproved.

23. quelques deux cents pas. Quelques, a form violating the rule given above (note to page 3, line 4), was commonly used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

32. tout en, all the while. Tout stresses the fact that the two actions go on at one time.

Page 86. — 11. enterrer son fils. Compare Carmen, page 69, lines 6-8.

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