il faudra que je meure, see note to p

12. faire semblant de, to do as if, ta feiçiii, to jrrdcvd ; lienee

n'en pas faire semblant, or, ne faire semblant de rien,

to (q}pmr to takc no notice.

20. 1. d'un air posé, adverbial phrase of manner — in a dignificd

{statcly) manner. Un homme posé, a steady vian.

ne vous affligez point ; to be rendered by wliat voice in

English ?

2-3. me faire faire, see note to p. 8, 1. 3-4. In what case is me ?

4. mal partagé, p.p. of partager, to share, to portion ont, hadly j^rovided for ; we might .say — yours is not such aj)Oor portion as you imagine.

5-6. fît, see note to p. 18, 1. 17 ; faire fonds sur, to place trust in; 'fonds' [Lat. fundus] is originally tho same word as fond, which means bottom.

G. là-dessus refers to the promise contained in the preeeding sentence.

il lui avait vu faire ; the meaning is — il avait vu le chat faire ; for this peculiar way of treating the person-object, thoiigh really direct, as an indirect object [dative], see note to p. 7, 1. 15.

6-7. tour de souplesse, word for word — 'trick of suppleness,' say — cunniiKj trick ; souplesse must be taken as relating both to body and mind.