de ce que, E. B

1. 30. nous ne tarderons pas à... 'before long we shall be approaching '

1. 34. plus le temps... h. literal rendering of this idiom, though possible in English, is rarely good. Say, 'time will only make the temptation stronger.' A similar difficulty {ut quisque...ita; quanto...tanto, &c.),is familiar in Latin.

1. 38. ne vous cachez pas de moi, 'do not dissemble with me,' 'do not be reserved with me.' In Racine (/p/iigénie ir. 8) it is almost synonymous with tromper,

"On trompe Iphigénie ; on se cache d'Achille."

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1. 1. galérien. 'The galleys' were the old form of ' travaux forcés? 'hard labour.' The more modern term {ox galérien is forçat, a very favourite word with Victor Hugo.

1. 11. du vaisseau anglais, we should say 'on board the English ship,' E.B. 124, Obs. 4, 5.

1. 14. immense et juvénile impatience. Notice the two adjectives before the noun. E.B. 35 (5). The position shows that juvénile is used in a somewhat depreciatory sense, 'childish.'