considérer, ' to gaze at

261. ne m'en empécliait, ' did not prevent me from so doing.'

262. un peu =: 'tant soit peu,' 1. 213 = * assez.' Translate * rather.'

264. oon(ilave, ' coQcIave,' a meeting of cardinals. See 1. 83, note.

265. m'a un peu Tair, ' strikes me as being just a little.' inspiré, * inspired,' i.e. influenced in their décision.

266. ma campagne d'Italie (1796-97), one of Bonaparte's most brilliant campaigns, with the victories of Monienotte, Arcole, and Rivoli, etc., that brought about the Peace of Campo-Formio (i7th Oct 1797).

268. Votre Sainteté, < your Holiness,' the title usually given to the Pope.