duettino, îittle due t

3. accords plaqués, " they are nearly ail common chords," i.e. without arpeggio between them.

4. Cimarosa, celebrated Italian composer, who was poisoned by order of the queen of Naples (1741-1801).

5. Métastase {Metastasio in Italian), Italian poet (i 698-1 782).

Page 70« — I. bouquin, old (worthless) book. See page 56, note 3.

2. les sept dormants, the seven sleepers (0/ Ephesus). Allusion to a Christian legend, according to which seven faithful Christians were walled up in a grotto durmg the reign of the Roman emperor Decius (3d century) to die of starvation, and who after 200 years awoke, when, by accident, the grotto was opened.

Page 71« — I. sequins d'or, Seguin^ an Italian coin, now obsolète (worth about $2.25).

Page 72. — i. Hyde Park, one of the largest of the London parks, the fashionable resort for riding and driving. 2. une douleur lancinante, a shooting pain.

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Page 78. — i. reprendre, hère to blâme.

Page 76. — i. trois royaumes = England, Scotland and Ireland.

Page 76. — i. rosirent, to become rosy^ to blush.

2. délicatesse de sensitive, her feelings as délicate as those of the sensitive plant, the leaves of which close at the slightest touch. A comparison very common in French. ^

3. fiez-vous . . . mines discrètes, ironical, so much for thosc m odes t airs.

Page 78. — I. Môle, quay.