que sais-je encore? ' and what not

6. ainsi de l'âme russe : an elliptic construction. Cf. il en est ainsi de tout, ' it is the same with every thing. '

,, 7. héroïsme : the k, though aspirated in kéros, is silent in its féminine héroïne and in its derivatives.

,, 9. au petit bonheur, ' at haphazard ' ; also used in the sensé of ' happen what may. '

, , 20, cela is sometimes applied to persons familiarly or in contempt. Cf. cela veut se mêler de tout, ' he (or she, or they) will meddle with everything.'

,, 22. dont puissent se contenter . . : the use of the subjunctive is due to the word minitnum, which is, in fact, a superlative. Account for the inversion.

,, 24. qu'un sentiment . . les réveille: notice this use of the subjunctive, independently of any word mentioned before, to express a supposition, and cf. çue fennemi vienne, il s' enfuit, ' if the enemy cornes, he runs away. ' Bear also in mind that the verb agrées with the last subject only when the subjects, not connected by any conjunction, are synonymous or placed in gradation, and cf. Voltaire's line —

Un seul mot, un soupir, un coup d'œil nous trahit. , , 26. des fous, ' madmen ' ; never ' fools. ' de quoi : cf —

vous avez de quoi causer, ' you hâve enough to talk about. ' donnes-moi de quoi écrire, ' give me writing materials. ' il a de quoi, ' he is well off. ' il n'y a pas de quoi, ' it is not worth mentioning. '

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12. 3. remettre has no reduplicative meaning hère, as is frequently

the case with rassembler and réunir. Cf. je le lui ai fait remettre, ' I hâve had it delivered to him. '

13. 2. colporteur, 'pedlar. ' Colis the old form of cou, Lat.

collum.