Seul et sombre, 'solitary and cheerless

1. 15. ces vieux dogues. Fingal, one of Ossian's heroes, has two dogs Bran and Luath. When Fingal's son Fillan is killed, Bran is found watching his broken shield in front of the cave where he is buried. The books known as Ossian's Poems were put together in the second half of the last century by James Macpherson, from materials handed down by oral tradition, and collected by him in the Highlands.

1. 20. pénétré, 'imbued,' 'impregnated,' though neither of these is a good word. Pénétrer is often used in this sense, for example, pénétrer quelqu'un de son zèle. Perhaps we might render ' completely under the influence of his example, and sobered...'