ne goes with que, * only

188. de ce que . . . sermon, 'of what schoolboys call a sermon,^

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Z90. Tautorlté naturelle, i,e, a Sather's authorily.

191. la cbaine que ... à leur cou, 'the chaîn that the gênerai enthusiasm had made them rivet round their own necks'; i.e, he felt relieved because by becoming a page to Napoléon he thought he should be freer from his father's authority, and therefore independent : events proved that the yoke of his own choosing was farheavier. N,B, kur^ dative, see Appendix II. il.

Z95. à mesure que, 'as.'

Z96. héroïque, because he thought that serving such a hero as Napoléon was heroic in itself. N,B, this uncommon and almost affected placd of the adjective. Adjectives in 4que generally foUow the noun.

198. aussitôt que . . . alors, 'as soon as good sensé dispelled the clouds that at that time obscured my vision.' Lit. *freed my vision from the clouds that coveued it at that time.'

200-z. Je me prends en pitié, ' I look upon myself with pity.'

20Z. combien goes with lente, ' how slow the curve has been that.'