fermé . . . demi, 'happily morethanhalf-closed

Z47. semés d'abeilles, 'studdedwith bées.' < Semer '=(1) * to sow * (seed) ; (2) hence * to besprinkle.* The bee was the emblem that Napoléon chose to cover ail the tapestries of his impérial palaces instead of the lilies of the French kings.

Z48. était, marcha. Notice the change of tense : the fîrst describes the state of mind in which he found himself; the second shows that he now began to walk about.

150. fit . . . longueur, * went three times up it in a moment.'

151 -2. 7 tambouriner . . . ongles, ' to beat (lit. * drum ') a march upon the panes with his nails.* N,B, y, *upon the panes,' * upon it * being weak and heavy. The converse should be carried out in translating English into French: e.g, *His (Henry viii.) letters may be placed by the side of those of Wolsey, and they lose nothing in the comparison ' (Froude). Translate : ' Ses lettres peuvent être comparées ... et elles n'y perdent rien.*

i6o NOTES. [Ch. IV.