élans, *outbursts,* lit. .'springs forward

226-7. Cf. Falstaff's death {Henry V, Act II. Se. 3). Hostess speaks : * I saw him fumble with the sheets.'

230. L'Honneur, c'est la pudeur virile, ' Honour is to man as modesty to a woman.*

23X. La honte . . . cela, 'The shame of falling short in this.'

232-3. C'est donc . . . inexprimable, 'This inexpressible thing is then the holiest thing.'

234-5. Pesés . . . expression, 'Reflect on the value we attaçh to this expression.'

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237. VoUà que . . . cesse, * The word of mankind now ceases.'

240. ait, subj. diiiQX premier (sort of superlative) followed by the relat. pron.