CHAPTER V

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1. 1. Un homme de mer. Admiral Lord Collingwood (1750 — 1810) is selected as a contrast to Napoleon. He was an excellent officer, with an unusually strong sense of duty. His early experience was gained chiefly in the American war. He spent most of his life at sea, except an interval between 1791 and 1793, when he married, and a few months at the time of the peace of Amiens. He bore a distinguished part in the battles of Cape St Vincent and Trafalgar. At Trafalgar he succeeded Nelson in the chief command. His most recent biographer, Mr Clark Russell, concludes his life with the line : "They also serve who only stand and wait."

1. 4. auprès de, often used of the attendants on a distinguished person, E.B. 167.

1.8. confondues, 'all in disorder.' Our slang expression 'very much mixed ' gives the meaning pretty well.

1. 11. mauvais, very rarely after its noun. Probably it is put there to show that wicked calculations, not miscalculations, are meant. REN. 7

1. 14. pour F avoir arrêté, 'because he delayed it,' E.B. 201 Obs.