SCENE XI

Charlotte enters, Albertine wants to tnake her ifave the house, but Marat, hearing that she cornes from Caen, ashs to su her.

Page 120.

L 2846. Tu me peux parler. In modem French, the prononn generally comes just before the infinitive that govems it, in phrases where pouvoir, faire, &c. are followed by an infinitive. But in older authors, such as Molière, Corneille, &c., the pronoun stands before the auxiliary, as hère. Hère Ponsard either foUows the usage of the great dramatic poets, or perhaps merely avoids letting the accâit of the caesura fall on a weak syllable like me, See Eve, § 49.

Ch. CoT, V2.

Pagb 121.

L 2302. qui m'' as- écrit, Charlotte had sent in more than one letter to indace Marat to see her.

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