MALTA

1. Je ne suis rien, * I am nobody,* ûe. * my position is very humble and insignifîcant.*

2. que, redundant, is added when the * logical subject * is anything but an adjective standing by itself, e.g. c'est un bonheur que de penser cela ; c'est se tromper (*making a mistake*) que de croire cela ; — but il est agréable de penser cela,

4. **J*al . . . g^ierre.'* Louisxiv.'s dying testament to his great-grandson, Louis xv., who succeeded him (171 5).

Que voulei-vous, * What else could I do ? * Que voulezvous ?=^(i) 'What doyouwant?* (2) (figuratively) * What do you wish me to do,* or *to hâve done?* a sort of apology for an action: it means almost *I can*t* or *couldn*t help it.* Compare c^ est plus fort que moi (lit. * circumstanccs are stronger than I,* * too strong for me *).

5. m'avait grisé dès l'enfance, 'had intoxicated me from my childhood.*