Vermond, the queen*s private secretary and counsellor

Page 81« — I. aurait été. Translate, was, The conditional hère indicates supposition, or what la Valois asserts.

Page 82« — i. Perregauz. This was the banker who, after dismissing a young applicant for employment, called the fellow back on seeing him carefi)lly pick up a pin in the court-yard of the bank. The young fellow, Jacques Laffitte, married Perregaux*s daughter and became one of the wealthiest bankers in Paris.

2. Notre-Dame, the cathedral church of Paris on the Ile de la Cité,

Page 84« — i. Clairvauz. The monastery is now a house of détention. .

2. la Saint-Bernard. The féminine article because the word fête is understood.

Page 85* — i. Bastille, the great fortress and prison of Old Paris, destroyed by the mob July 14, 1789.

2. tranche, décides, This again is a spécimen of Michelet's conclusions.