ne pouvait ; why is pas left out

17. ce lui serait ; 'ce,' it; points forward to ' voir mourir . . .,'

which explains the nse of the demoiistrative pron. ce, instead of the neatral il.

18. ouït ; what other verb would be used hère in modem French ? 21. se glisser, lit. to glide one's self ; hère — to crccp.

23. le reste de la nuit, adverbial phrase oîtivie—fm- the remaîn-

ing part of the night.