éteintes, 'in darkness,' 'unlighted

1. 20. glissait à voix basse, 'was whispering,' literally 'was stealthily conveying in a whisper,' an example of an occasional deficiency in French of simple equivalents to some of our transitive verbs. E.B. 113 a.

1. 22. des petites portes d'allées, not de petites portes, because petites .has ceased to be a distinguishing epithet (opposed to grandes portes) and petites portes d'allées is a single phrase about equivalent to our 'entries.' See E.B. 23 a.

1. 23. refermaient. What is the difference between refermer and renfermer ?

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1. 6. que Ton, E.B. 106. Had qu'on been written, the repetition of the sound in reconnaissait would be unpleasant.