sur d'aussi. — "Onsuch;" d' is partitive

Page 21, line 2. il lui fit espérer. — See note on line 20, page 20.

1. 5. dont U l'entretenait etc. — " To which he had been directing its attention for so many years," (Compare : Je suis ici depuis un an, " I hâve been a year hère." J'étais là depuis un an à son arrivée, " I had been there a year when he arrived. ") See Gram., §§ 557 (2) and 559 (b).

1. 7. sans trop d'illusion. — " Without any great expectation."