l'Intelligence, cf. page 49, note i

Page 59. — i. dans un même monde, in the same society,

2. Alexandre I^^^ Czar of Russia from 1801 until his death, in 1825. He was defeated by Napoleon at the battles of Austerlitz, Eylau, and Friedland. In 181 5, he aided in the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne of France.

3. Catherine, Catherine II, the Great, empress of Russia. She was the wife of the Czar, Peter III, and reigned alone .from 1763 to 1796. She was called " the Semiramis of the North." Semiramis was a legendary queen of Assyria.

p. 60-71] NOTES 167

Pagre 60. — I. Y a-t-il loin, is it far?

Pagre 61» — I. Elle a failli me faire faire une sottise, she came very near making me commit a folly.

Pagre 62« — i. yotre cousine . . . interdit par l'Eglise. The marriage of first cousins is prohibited by both the Greek and the Roman Catholic churches.

2. II est ayec le ciel des accommodements, one can arrange matters •with Heaven, This sentence is a nearly exact quotation from Act I V, Scene V, of the celebrated comedy, Tartuffe^ by Molière. Tartuffe is a hypocrite who would screen his sins under a cloak of religion. Lest the line should be misunderstood, Molière added the following note: " C'est im scélérat qui parle." Molière (1622-1673) is the greatest French author of comedies and one of the foremost literary geniuses of all time.

3. il l'aurait bien fallu, it would indeed have been necessary. The object, /', refers back to the preceding sentence.