de lui-même, of his own accord

Page 60. — I. que ne demandait-elle, why didn't she ask? The socalled "rlietorical question," which does not expect answer — always without pas. mademoiselle, hère contemptuous.

2. la, the grammatical gender; English him. faire périr, as 17, 3, etc.

3. être . . . que de mourir, / had rather be . . . than {to) die. Note infm. idioms.

Page 61. — I. On eut beau dire, idiom: as 27, i, etc., — it was useless

to talk.

2. leur avait inspiré, had inspired them with. Note, as frequently, the change in relation of the objects — due to the fact that the indir. obj. has no distinguishing form in English. See 35, 2.

3. ruelle, dimin. of rue, the narrow space between bed and wall : bchinà his bed.

4. se frottèrent, indir. reflex., as usual. tout de bon, in earnest.

5. sur le soir, just before : towards evening. fut, went, as heretofore.

6. le servit, ivaited upon him. bonne obère = our good cheer.

Page 62. — i. de son mieux, superl. phrase: the best she could. de bon cœur, of her own accord, que OMX,yes, as 23, 4.

2. de toute la nuit, not . . . during the -whole nigkt. The sensé is really partitive, meaning, tto pari of. See 20, 3. Note, again, the inverted wordorder, after à peine, peut-être.

3. en attendant, meamohile. s'empêcher, etc., could not help, etc.

Page 63. — i. ce fut, simply was ; ce repeats the foregoing subject clause.