se douter de, to suspect, to havc an inkling
la manière qu'il entendait qu'elle les habillât ; instead of the rather cumbrous word-for-word rendering, say — iii which manner lie mcant (wantcd) lier to dress tliem. ' Habillât ' is in the subjunctive after ' entendre ;' hère used in the sensé of — to want.
14. que trouvent . . . les femmes ; why is the verb before the
subject 'l