mené l'affaire à bon port, lit. 'brought the matter

safely to port,' i.e. ' to a successful issue.'

,. 18. Polignac (1780-1847), a peer of France, succeeded Decazes as French Ambassador in England in 1823. In 1829 he became the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Charles X. , and in 1830 Prime Minister. He made himself unpopular by countersigning the famous ordinances of July 1830 (see note p. 10, 1. II). At the fall of Charles X. he was arrested and sent to prison, where he remained until 1836. After a short retirement in England he returned to France, where he died.

,, 19. le populaire: distinguish between le peuple, which means 'the people,' generally speaking, 'nation,' 'masses,' and le populaire, wliich means 'mob,' 'populace,' 'rabble. '