que vous ne deviez attendre, word for word — that you

must not cxpcct ; the nieaning of the whole sentence being = you must be preparedfor the worst.

29. venait d'être ; 'venir de ... ' means — to havejust . . .

3. 1. être ordonné is the infinitive passive of ordonner, to ordcr.

lui, disjunctive pers. pron., instead of the conjunctive il, because it is not immediately foUowed by its verb monte.

après ; prep. with the following verb in the infinitive in French, -whilst the English after takes the verbal form in -ing ; hère, having.

N.B. — French prépositions (except en only) require the following verb to be in the infinitive mood.

3. n'attendirent pas que ; ' que ' is used liere for jusqu'à ce

que, as it generally is after attendre ; further instances of que used instead of other coujunctious mil be noticed hereafter.