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le mettre dans son tort, ' put him in the wrong

721. servit, subj. after verbs of wishing {f aurais voulu\ praying, commanding.

déloyauté, 'dishonourabledeed.'

722. il seml}lait qu'il prtt à tâche, ' that he made a point of,' * took spécial pains to ' ; prît^ subj. after impersonal verbs (f7 semble) * to take to task ' = * tancer. ' N, B, iL See Appendix L C. II.

723. redoubler de bontés, * show himself ail the kinder,* lit •double his acts of kindness.*

empressement, ' the eagerness of his attentions.' 723-4. faisant . . . que: aux autres àaX.^ because the verb

foUowing faire {supposer) has an object {que^ etc.). See

Appendix II. 11.

725. il était Juste que. See Appendix I. B. i. 727. J'en pris de l'humeur, < This put me out ' Humeur ^ fem.

(though from maso, in Lat humorem)^* Xjsax^i^ and often

'bad temper,'

Oh. VJ NOTES. 18Ô

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