bnt. See note to Ch. i

29. à laquelle . . . sacrifier, 'to which I was ready to sacrifice only too much.'

30. venait d*appareiller . . . anvi., ' had set sail on 30th Floréal of the sixth year of the RejJublic* In 1793 the * Convention^ the French Parliament that put King Louis xvi. to death, decreed that, having on September 2ist 1792 pronounced the abolition of monarchy, the 22d day of September 1792

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should in future be called the first day of the Republic, and a new calendar was adopted, with names varying according to the seasons. Floréal = * the month of flowers.* Soon after Bonaparte became Emperor the old calendar was resumed, 1806. Le yy Jloréal an \i would be in the old (before 1793) or présent calendar, * le il mai 1798' = May iith, 1798.

The French sentence is awkward ; lit ' had just set sail since.'