appuyé, 'leaning

L 22. sur la table. We should say 'from the table.' Compare the use of dans, E.B. 159, Obs. 5.

1. 23. Sèvres, the famous porcelain manufacture on the Seine between Paris and Versailles.

le château Saint- Ange, the castle of St Angelo, the fortress of Rome, partly constructed out of the Mausoleum of Hadrian.

1. 24. le Capitole. The Capitol and the Citadel were the twin summits of the Capitoline hill. The Capitol is now a museum of sculpture.

1. 28. réfléchie, an idiomatic use; the participle has somewhat changed its meaning in becoming an adjective, E.B. 215a.

L 29. le cerveau avait repris. Napoleon's power of regaining the mastery over his passions was as remarkable as the violence of their outbursts.