l'arme au pied. Arme au pied! is 'Order arms

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L 7. C était la honte... The Homeric heroes felt no such shame. Diomede and Ulysses slew Rhesus and his twelve companions as they slept, and carried off the famous horses.

couches, 'lying down,' 'sleeping.'

1. 11. qui ressemblât, E.B. 250, 255 (2). It supplies a good illustration of the general principle of the French subjunctive. The idea that his own hesitation resembled the weakness of cowards only passes through the writer's mind ; he does not assert that it did resemble it. It need hardly be added that while this view of the subjunctive is often instructive, it is better to rely upon more definite and detailed rules for its use.

1. 17. assommait, used of a knock-down blow with a heavy club, &c. In Zola's well-known novel 'l'Assommoir' is the slang term for a low drink-shop.

1. 18. Tous les cris. .. 'no sooner was a cry uttered than it was stifled...' is a little more idiomatic than using 'hardly' or 'scarcely.'