F- U-3T] NOTES I
Pagre 14. — I. Trop hère has the effect of introducing a hésitation, or doubt iiito the expression: / don't qtiite kttow. 2. des plus dangereuses, see page 8, note i.
Paçe 15. — I. avec, hère weanng — Below: en d'Artagnan,
dressed iike d'A., in d'A.'s clothes. See page 9, note i.
Pagre 17. — i. eussent trahi. See page i, note 2.
Page 18. — I. Et d'un! T^a^V <;«f/ When anotheris eut out of the party, Athos might exclaim: Et de deux! and so forth. The exclamation is quite usual.
Page 21. — I. ces messieurs, j^;< ^é-M/Z^w^/z. The most deferential way in French of addressing a party is in the third person. Lit.: 'if the gentlemen so désire ..."
Page 22. — i. à ce qu'il paraît, JO/Va/Z^^rj-; lit. :from (=judging by) that which appears, which cornes out in the story. A very usual idiom for 'apparently', 'so they say.'
Pagce 23. — i. Et quand on pense. The usual French way of expressing on 'And to think that . . .."
Pagre 24. — i. on ne peut plus is used as an adverb = exceedingly.
Pagre 26. — i. Au dernier les bons! Transi. : 7T^^/aj-/j-/ia//3i'///^ best. Lit.: 'the good blows to the last man hit'.
Page 31. — I. la, is of course the king who has been last referred to by the féminine substantive Majesté. Transi.: him.
Page 33. — Il y a que, The matte?- is, that . . . The words refer to the previous question: Qu'y a-t-il? What is the matter?
Page 34. — i. des. See page 8, note i.
2. l'un dans l'autre, on the average, i.e. taking one diamond with another. Transi. : the average value of the stones.
Page 35. — i. que, following the conditional clause vous voudriez, etc., is very idiomatic. Its force is : 'if you tried to . . . you would find it impossible'. ' you might try . . . and you would find it impossible '.
Page 37. — i. elle, referring of course to Buckingham, last referred to by the féminine noun Grâce. See page 31, note i.
Page 38. — i. la campagne, campaigning, 'a campaign:' i.e. with ail their war trappings.
2. autres, idiomatic and untranslatable, except by emphasis on the preceding pronoun. This adjective is frequently used in this way, to draw a deeper Une between the persons referred to and ail others.
Page 39. — i. la tour de Londres, the famous Tower of London^ once a prison, now a muséum of antiquities, still standing on the left bank of the Thames, below London Bridge.
Pagre 44. — i. huguenots, Huguettots, the name given to the French Protestants during the religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Page 45. — i. fût devenue. See page i, note 2.
Page 46. — i. à commencer par le roi, and the Kingfirst of alJ, lit. : ' beginning with the King.'
2. par le temps qui courait, in thase days. Le temps qtii court is a regular idiom for 'thèse days.'
Page 47. — i. prendre ses jambes à son cou is a carrent idiom for taking to one's heels, the idea being apparently that a very fast runner bends very much forward, and therefore, very low.
2. de calibre, régulation size, i.e. of the calibre of the muskets delivered to soldiers.
3. elle n'avait qu'à étendre la main, /le (see page 31, note i) /md but to stretch aut his hands (if he wanted to seize and destroy them).
Page 52. — i. Anjou, a province of northern-central France, with Angers for its capital. See page i, note 3.
Page 59. — i. la. See page 31, note i.
Page 62. — i. Son Eminence. See page 21, note i.
Page 03. — I. divisés de, divided on the suhject of.
2. il me revient, I remember ; lit.: 'there cornes back to me.'
3. l'Antéchrist. The Antichrist, or adversary of Christ, is mentioned several times in the Epistles of John. 'Ye hâve heard that Antichrist shall corne (I, i, 18).
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Paçe 65. — i. à tous deux unfolds the meaning of tiotre ; in English, say : the evil genius of both of us.
Page 68. — i. du premier (//aç-^). The French count the stories as first, second, etc., above the ground-floor, or rez-de-chaussée.
Page 74. — I. il a fait chaud, we had a hot Unie! lit.: 'the weather was hot'. This idiomatic use oi faire to express the weather, occurs also in the next Une. — Que n'étiez-vous — yoii oughtto hâve been there.
2. Parpaillot, the name given in scorn to the protestants during the religions wars of France. Its original meaning, in the Provençal language, is 'butterfly.'
Page 76. — i. n'éta.it'pa.s d'hier, was notbtu'/fj'es/erdajy; lit-.' -was not (a construction) of yesterday.' 2. de malheur = malheureux.
Page 77. — i. à discrétion, unlimited, i.e. the bill of fare was to be left entirely to the discrétion, good pleasure, of the winners.
Page 78. — i. j'avance de cinq minutes sur vous: je:=ma montre, and z'ous = votre montre. Avancer 'to be fast.' A/y watch is Jive minutes f aster than yours.
Page 80. — I. de must not be translated after the indefinites rien, autre chose, quelque chose, etc.
Page 80. — I. eussent laissés. See page i, note 2.
Page 89. — i. pas de double emploi, no luaste! lit. 'no employing double (ammunition), no two shots at one man'.
Page 93. — i. le fond de mon sac, thafs ail Pve got to suggest; lit.: 'the bottom of my bag (of suggestions)'.
Page 94. — i. au port d'armes, atcarry, i.e. carrying their arms (against their right side).
Page 95. — i. Allongeons, supply /^ /«j-. Tx.-. Step ont!
Page 96. — i. C'est bien heureux! Its high time you did! Lit.: 'It is very fortunate (you do) ! ' ' And a good thing too (that you do understand at last)'.
Page 99. — i. les fêtes de Saint-Louis. In Roman Catholic countries the ' Saint's day ' of the Saint after whom a man or woman
is named is kept rather than his or her own birthday. King Louis would naturally celebrate the day of his patronymic Saint Louis.
Pagre 100. — I. postdater du. The genitive is frequently used with dater: votre lettre est datée du 2j, etc., where in English you use simply the.
2. ne doutait jamais de rien, was never troubîed with misgivings, lit.: 'never doubted anything (could be done)'.
Pag'e 105. — I. s'être mis en campagne, having exerted themselves on niy behalf ; lit. : 'having started out on a campaign for me '.
Page 107. — I. elle était toute à, she was whoUy sivayed by ; lit. : ' she belonged vvholly to '.
Page 110. — I. l'âme damnée, the name given to one who would jeopardize his soûl for his master, i.e. do ail his dirty or criminal work for him, his blind tool.
Page 112. — I. Et bien m'en a pris, A^id a good thing too! lit.: 'good came to me from it '.
Page 113. — I. sont en campagne. See page 105, note i.
Page 114. — I. en pays étranger, abroad ; lit.: in a foreign land (since the river Lys was the northern boundary of France) and therefore no longer amenable to French law.
Page 118. — I. course à qui, race as to who should. The préposition à is often used to express a compétition, rivalry as to who shall, etc.
