n'en . . . pas moins, none the less

14-15. salon de miroirs, a state-room with looking-glasses ail round.

1 7. pièces, that is, pièces de musique, tunes.

il y eût plus de cent ans qu'on ne les jouait plus, lit. ' it was more tlian a hundred years that one played theni no longer ;' or freely — Theif had not heen played for more tJian . . . Notice the différence between French and English construction — Il y a six mois que je ne l'ai vu, I hâve not seen liim for half a year. The subjunctive eût dépends ou quoique — although.

19. grand aumônier (from aurQône — alms), the lord high almoncr ; aumônier is an otRcer (generally a clergyman) ■\vhose duty it is to distribute alms ; it also means the chaplain of an establishment, a régiment, prison, etc. ; grand aumônier is the sovereign's almoner ; also, the sovereign's chaplain iia ordiuary.

marier ; notice that marier means to marry, in the sensé of to give (unité) in marriage ; se marier, to get married ; épouser, to marry, to espouse.