son absence ; son instead of sa before absence, though

féminine, because absence begins with a vowel ; the same exception applies to ma and ta : — mon (ton) absence.

16. f it . . . menât, impf. subj. of faire, mener ; thèse verbs in

the sulyunctive mood are instances of the rule explained in note to p. 1, 1. 11 ; they ail dépend on priait, and thercfore do not express a matter uf faut, but siniply what she was uished to do.

18. dit-il, the verb is placed bc/urc the subject in clauses inserted in or after a c^uotation.

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2. 21. OÙ est mon or et mon argent ; the verb est is ofteu placed bufore the subject in a dépendent clause, especially ■\vhen the subject is rather long, as hère ; to put est last would make the clause top-heavy and ill-sounding — in French ears, at any rate. Thus also 1. 7.

est is singular, because or and argent are used coUectively as one composite subject.