parentes, relations

1. 22. le cruel exil la frappa. The same day as M. de Montmorency.

1. 25. Les revers de fortune... M. Récamier's banking house had been obliged to stop payment in 1806, because the government would not sanction a loan of one million of francs which he hoped to obtain from the bank of France, and which would hâve enabled him to meet a temporary pressure.

1. 26. son établissement naturel, the social position which naturally belonged to her.

1. 28, ujte petite ville de province, C\v3.\on%-?,\ir-'i>ila.ïne('L, Catalauni, Diiro Catalaunum, hence Chaalons, Châlons), chief town of the department of la Marne.

1. 30. que f ai valu, which I (involuntarily) inflicted on, &c.

1. 32. galanterie ; the word is used hère in a good sensé, and means rather "chivalrous sentiments," or "respect for women," than what we imply by "gallantry." sans égard pour, wanting in respect to.

P. 28, 1. II. s'avisent, âr'c., hâve a mind to live by themselves. avis = opinion, or intention.