ne . . • que = 'only

8. où le oœnr . • . n s'ouvre, ' the heart has not yet budded into existence. It breaks its shell.*

9. ne, without any négative sensé attached to it, must be added after a comparative sentence in the affirmative. Hère il s^ ouvre plus tard que,

10. et c'est . . . étonne, 'and it is a thing I bave often wondered at.' Lit. ' and that is what I hâve ,often wondered at*

IX. qu'y faire, ' I suppose it can't be helped.' Lit ' what is to be done to it* (^ ;= * to it.*)