eût ; Avhy not avait

5. de son côté, lit. on his sidc ; say hère— /;-om hisfirst marriagc.

6. sans exemple, unparallcled, unheard-of. 6-7. tenir cela â.e . . . , to takc in that after . . .

7. du monde is often siniply used to lay greater stress on a pre-

ceding superlative ; we might, for instance, say hère — as kind a pcrson as evcr livcd.

9. faire éclater, word for word, ' to cause to burst out, ' say — to give vent to, or to vent.

ne put ; why is pas left out ? Cette enfant ; when is

enfant y'c//iwt«ic 1

13. montée, in the sensé of stairs, is now only applied to stairs in bouses of the humblest description.