donna . . . descente, helped her out of the carriage

4. Qu'elle est belle, ho-o beautiful she is! Note the order, as 5, 8. In tout vieux, tout is emphatic, but hardly translated.

5. quil n'avait vu — that he had not — since he had seen ; so ahvays w itliout pas. Fer ne laissait pas, see 18, 2.

6. de semblables — snme — like them ; so always with f«. pourvu, etc., provided there cotild he fouiid, etc.

7. pour la mener danser; that is, for his partner in the dance. Note the infin. idiom.