il. See Ch. m. 1. 12, and Appendix I. C. II

44-5. J'en savais . . . croyait, ' I knew more than he thought ' ; lit. ' I knew more things {en genitive after plus^ adverb of quantity) than.* N»B, ;i« after an affirmaitive comparative sentence.

156 NOTES, [ca. IV.

51. J*ayal8 envie de, * I felt inclined to * ; une envie = * wish,' * désire,' *fancy ' ; /*^«wV=* envy * (the abstract passion).

55. s'étourdissent . . . sur tonte chose, Mrown every thought in action ' ; lit ' shake off theîr thoughts upon everything by action.'