les jours.— '' The life

1. 33. contrée. — When there is a différence of meaning between contrée and pays, the former signifies a district or locality.

Page 76, 1. 12. soit . . . soit. — "Whether it was . . . or."

1. 13. un rival trop grand, etc, seems to mean either: a rival who was so great that they felt no shame for their lack of gratitude towurds him ; or he was too niuch their rival for them to be grateful to him.