se percerait la main ; mention another example of this

peculiar construction that bas occurred before.

d'un fuseau ; de for avec ; see note to p. 6, 1. 21.

30. en ; the original meaning of en [from Latin ' inde '], hcncc,

leads quite naturally to from it, of it ; we might say— z/i woidd be the death of her.

fit frémir toute la compagnie ; in English vre should place the iiifinitive extension of faire after the object.

13. 1. qui ne pleurât, see note to p. 1, 1. 11 ; hère again, as in p. 3, 1. 13, and ]). 4, 1. 14, an auxiliary verb wonld not be ont of place in English — nobody could hclp ivecinng.

3. tout haut, adv., aloud, in a loud voice ; tlius — tovit bas, in a luhispcr.

parole, in distinction to mot, (which means word, more in a

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grammatical sensé,) is used in the sensé of speech, spokcn Icmc/uage, the thoiujht or meaninr/ implied in a vjord ; thus — ' donner sa parole d'iionneur, to give one's word {i.e. solemn assurance) of honour.