à, in

6. lui fit jeter. The infinitive^V/^r having a direct object (un crt), the logical object oi Jit (lui) is made indirect, since a verb in Frcnch cannot take two direct objects.

9. sans qu'il . . . eût, without his having ; subjunctive with sans qu\

18. en, made of. Cf. the similar use of de to express the material out of which anything is made.